Dong Nai Memorial Monument

Dong Nai Memorial Monument

The memorial - also known as the Soldier's Monument is located in the center of major roads in the inner city of Trung Dung ward, Bien Hoa city. This work was built by the French colonial government in 1923 with the name "Vietnamese Memorial Monument". This is an architectural work modeled after the Hue Ngo Mon style during the Nguyen Dynasty, constructed by Professor Robert Balick and his wife and a team of teachers and students of Bien Hoa Arts School. Under the skillful hands and aesthetic minds of artisans, the Soldiers' Monument was a unique work of that time and completely national in color. The stone pillars are carved with delicate lines, the ceramic patterns are elaborately done with harmonious colors. The stone stele engraved with Chinese characters records the names of people in Bien Hoa who died for France - they were colonial people who were conscripted and fought on fronts far from home that the French colonialists masterminded. In his work "The verdict of the French colonial regime", Nguyen Ai Quoc mentioned this relic when the French colonial government held its inauguration on January 21, 1923. This is a demagoguery of the colonial government. With a simple but extremely eloquent pen, Nguyen Ai Quoc dedicated his passionate words to stand on the side of the suffering people, condemning the brutal colonial regime that trampled on a nation, crushing every person of the land. slave country, sent a message, an indictment to oppressed countries, peoples and destinies that had only one way left: to rise up and liberate themselves. The appearance of the Soldiers' Monument relic was repaired and embellished with a spacious and beautiful campus, becoming a cultural park beautifying Bien Hoa City. Although more than three-quarters of a century has passed since its construction until now, time has faded and damaged many times, the Soldiers' Monument remains forever an irrefutable proof of the crimes of the real people. French people, reminding the people of Bien Hoa of a painful history under foreign domination so that they can rise up and build a prosperous and happy life. The Memorial Monument (Soldiers' Monument) was ranked a national historical relic by the Ministry of Culture and Information on November 16, 1988. Source: Dong Nai Electronic Newspaper

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