Emotional July days at Vinh City Martyrs' Cemetery
(Baonghean.vn) - Every year on War Invalids and Martyrs' Day, many people and relatives of heroic martyrs come to Vinh City's Martyrs' Cemetery to offer flowers, light candles, and pay their respects to the heroes who fell for independence.
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| Vinh City Cemetery is the resting place of martyrs in the wars against French colonialism, American imperialism, border wars and Vietnamese volunteer soldiers helping Laos and Cambodia. Photo: Duc Anh |
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| This is also the destination of cadres, people, and youth union members of Vinh city during holidays and Tet. Especially, in July, Vinh city martyrs cemetery is where many organizations and people come to pay tribute to heroes and martyrs. |
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| Every year, on this occasion, Mrs. Ngo Thi Thanh's family and her children in Truong Thi Ward, Vinh City come here to burn incense in memory of her husband and father who heroically sacrificed in the resistance war against the US. He was martyr Le Quang Thien, First Lieutenant, Chief of Military Medicine of Regiment 36, Division 308, he sacrificed on June 24, 1972 at the Southern front. After his sacrifice, Mrs. Thanh remained single and did not remarry to live a life of love with her husband and raise her children. Photo: Duc Anh |
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| Sitting next to his grave, she could not help but be moved as she recalled the memories of the days when they were still together. She said: The last letter he wrote to her was when the battlefield was very fierce. He only wrote a few lines in a hurry. In the letter, he wrote that he missed his family, his wife and his children very much. He hoped that everyone would rest assured that he would serve the Fatherland with all his heart and promised to meet again when the country was no longer at war. Photo: Duc Anh |
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| On a hot sunny morning in Vinh city, Mr. Nguyen Khanh Dien and his family came to burn incense for his father's brothers and sisters. Mr. Dien's family had 3 martyrs in the resistance war against America, and his grandmother was awarded the title of Heroic Vietnamese Mother by the State. Photo: Duc Anh |
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| Lighting incense at his uncles' graves, he was moved to tears thinking that he would inherit his family's patriotic tradition and live an exemplary life. Photo: Duc Anh |
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| At the Vinh City Martyrs Cemetery, there are martyrs who died when they were just 18 or 20 years old, and were not yet married. Photo: Duc Anh |
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| Ms. Doan Thu Phuong is the niece of martyr Doan Huu Binh, who died at the age of 24 and was unmarried. These days, Ms. Phuong, on behalf of her family, comes to burn incense and flowers to commemorate the man who sacrificed his youth for national independence. Mr. Binh died on the Laos battlefield in 1979. He was exhumed and moved to the Vietnam - Laos Martyrs Cemetery in 1996. After 2008, he was brought to Vinh City Cemetery. Photo: Duc Anh |
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| Vinh City Martyrs' Cemetery has a total of 1,200 graves, of which 935 graves have information about the martyrs. Among them, there are many martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the resistance war against the French and in the 1930-1931 movement. It is the resting place of many revolutionary predecessors such as Le Mao, Le Viet Thuat, Le Doan Suu... Photo: Duc Anh |