Dong Khoi Ben Tre Special National Monument

Dong Khoi Ben Tre Special National Monument

Dong Khoi Ben Tre relic belongs to Dinh Thuy commune, Mo Cay Nam district, Ben Tre province. The place where the historical event Dong Khoi Ben Tre took place, opening the Dong Khoi movement of the South Vietnamese revolution. In May 1959, the Party Central Committee held its 15th Conference to review the domestic situation and set out revolutionary guidelines for the whole country and the South, determining the basic task: Liberation of the South from imperialist rule, achieving national independence and the plowmen having their own fields, completing the people's national democratic revolution in the South, moving towards building a peaceful, unified, independent Vietnam. democracy and prosperity. In early December 1959, comrade Nguyen Thi Dinh - Deputy Secretary of the Ben Tre Provincial Party Committee held a meeting at Cu Lao Minh, the Ben Tre Provincial Party Committee selected 3 communes Dinh Thuy, Phuoc Hiep and Binh Khanh in Mo Cay district (now is Mo Cay Nam district) as the guiding base and the starting place of Dong Khoi. At 11:00 a.m. on January 12, 1960, in Dinh Thuy commune, all the people rose up and attacked the enemy. Opening the movement, on the morning of January 17, 1960, revolutionary forces arrested and executed Doi Ty - commander of the General Civil Guard, notorious for his cruelty. Next, the revolutionary forces and the masses surrounded Snake Communal House - where the Civil Guard General was stationed and surrounded and occupied Vam Nuoc station. Our forces captured the station and took control of the situation. Our troops captured 15 guns, 10 grenades and 1,000 bullets of all kinds, liberating all communes and hamlets in Dinh Thuy, puppets and soldiers in the area. rumors of disbandment. At 10:00 p.m. on January 17, 1960, when ordered to rebel, the people of Phuoc Hiep took to the streets to demonstrate their strength to support action groups besieging the civil guard station and the commune. Phuoc Hiep was engulfed in cheers, drums and the continuous explosion of pipes and loudspeakers calling for surrender. The people of Phuoc Hiep commune smashed the enemy's stranglehold, gaining mastery over the entire commune. On January 18, 1960, the people of Binh Khanh commune simultaneously stood up to defeat the hamlets, commune guards, spies and informers, and seized power. Because the puppet forces here were very strong, it was not until 12:00 midnight on January 20, 1960 that Binh Khanh commune was completely liberated. Following the direction of the province, people throughout Mo Cay district simultaneously rebelled, day and night; The continuous sound of drums and gongs spread throughout Cu Lao Minh and Cu Lao Bao. Young men and women were organized into teams, hoisting flags, carrying large guns and small guns with coconut palms, and dragging them like water bursting its banks to demonstrate revolutionary spirit, intimidate the enemy's spirit, making them lie down in fear. stay in the garrison. From Ben Tre, the Dong Khoi movement quickly spread throughout the Mekong Delta provinces. On the night of January 24 and early morning of January 25, 1960, many rural areas rose up to destroy evil, break the grip, disband communes and hamlets, and gain mastery. Until mid-1960, the Dong Khoi fire continued to spread to the Central Highlands provinces, creating a vibrant chain uprising throughout the Southern and Central Highlands provinces. Dong Khoi Traditional House was built in 2001, with a total area of ​​5,029.3m2, including main items: reception house, victory stele and traditional house. The reception house is built of reinforced concrete, has a pink ceramic tile floor, and a red tiled roof. The house has three doors made of iron frames painted gray and covered with glass, the main door facing East, two side doors facing South. The victory stele was built on the right side of the relic, consisting of seven concentric circular steps covered with blue polished stone. The front facing south is engraved with eight golden words "Heroes rise together, defeat the Americans and destroy the puppets". The back of the stele is engraved with the content "Miracle Fire" because Ben Tre province launched a contest to write an epitaph praising Dong Khoi in 1960, and was engraved on the stele to commemorate the 45th anniversary of Dong Khoi Ben Tre. The Traditional House has a ground floor and an upper floor, on the roof is a 12m high Dong Khoi torch symbol. The inside of the ground floor displays images, documents and artifacts of the political struggle movement of the people of Ben Tre from July 1954 to the end of 1959. The upper floor displays images, documents and artifacts from the Ben Tre people's political struggle. Dong Khoi movement. In the middle hall, there is a stylized wall embossed with the words "Heroes rise together, defeat the Americans and destroy the puppets", next to it is a sand table representing the Dong Khoi Ben Tre movement. Dong Khoi Ben Tre relic was ranked by the Prime Minister as a special national relic on December 22, 2016. Source: Department of Cultural Heritage

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