Offering flowers at the Soviet Workers and Peasants Monument in Truong Thi - Ben Thuy

(Baonghean.vn) - On the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the Nghe Tinh Soviet movement, on the afternoon of September 10, 2015, leaders of the City Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Fatherland Front Committee of Vinh City, along with units of wards and communes, organized a flower offering ceremony at the Soviet Workers and Peasants Monument in Truong Thi - Ben Thuy.

Offering flowers at the Soviet worker and peasant monument in Truong Thi - Ben Thuy

The Soviet Workers and Peasants Monument of Truong Thi - Ben Thuy is the place that marks the historic demonstration on May 1, 1930, when more than 1,200 workers and peasants from An Hau, Tan Hop, Duc Hau, Loc Da, Loc Thinh, Yen Dung Thuong villages... marched to Truong Thi Factory to protest, demanding that the owners increase wages, reduce working hours, divide land, and reduce taxes. For the first time, the red hammer and sickle flag flew on top of the Ben Thuy T-junction lamp post. The enemy brutally suppressed, killing 7 people, injuring 18 others, and arresting hundreds of others. Ben Thuy T-junction became a special historical site marking the beginning of the Nghe Tinh Soviet Revolutionary Movement.

Offering a basket of flowers, Vinh City leaders vowed to promote the heroic Soviet tradition of Nghe Tinh, determined to soon build the city into an economic and cultural center of the North Central region.

Huong Giang (Dai Vinh)