Lotte Scholarship Foundation Takes Initiative to Educate Descendants of Independence Patriots About History

50 Descendants of Independence Patriots Participate in 2-Day Historical Tour Including Visits to Historic Sites and Special Lectures
Over 4 Years, Approximately 1.3 Billion KRW in Scholarships Awarded to 187 Descendants of Independence Patriots

The Lotte Scholarship Foundation announced that it will conduct a 2-day, 1-night historical tour starting from the 11th to inspire a sense of history among the descendants of independence activists in celebration of Liberation Day.

Fifty descendants of independence activists will participate in this historical tour. Included are descendants of notable figures such as Wangsan Heo Wi, a militia leader during the late Joseon Dynasty; Kim Seong-taek, who raised independence funds in the Mexico region to support the Provisional Government; Ryu Ja-myeong, who served as Deputy Minister of Education of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea and as a member of the Provisional Assembly; Yang Se-bong, who led armed anti-Japanese resistance; and Lee Jong-am, who organized and led the Uiyeoldan alongside Kim Won-bong and Kim Sang-ok. The Lotte Scholarship Foundation selected these individuals as scholarship recipients in April and is providing a total of 300 million KRW in scholarships.

During the 2-day, 1-night tour, participants will visit independence movement historical sites in Cheonan, including the Independence Army Experience School, the Yu Gwan-sun Memorial Hall, and the Maebongsan Beacon Site. They will also visit the Independence Hall of Korea to attend a special lecture by Han Si-jun, the director of the Independence Hall, on "The Significance of the Korean Independence Movement and Our Tasks." Additionally, they will have a special opportunity to view materials related directly to their ancestors from independence movement archives that are not open to the public.

Cheon Young-woo, chairman of the Lotte Scholarship Foundation, said, "Through this program, I hope the scholarship recipients will connect with their proud ancestors and deeply engrain a sense of history in their hearts." He added, "The Lotte Scholarship Foundation plans to continue operating various support projects so that the descendants of independence activists who devoted themselves to the nation can carry on the spirit of their forebears."

Meanwhile, since 2020, the Lotte Scholarship Foundation has been running scholarship support projects for descendants of independence activists. The program supports graduate students who are grandchildren or great-grandchildren of independence activists, as well as descendants with foreign nationality, making it the broadest domestic scholarship program for descendants of independence activists. The number of beneficiaries and the project budget have been expanded annually, and to date, approximately 1.38 billion KRW in scholarships have been awarded to a total of 187 recipients.

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