March 1 Independence Movement Day is a major holiday in South Korea. "The Korean Independence movement was an ongoing campaign to liberate Korea from Japan since 1910. The campaign reached a high point on March 1st, 1919." My tie is covered with letters from the Korean alphabet. It was a gift to me from EKU comrade Beth Blanchard after her trip to visit EKU's sister university in Korea.
"Independence Movement Day is a holiday celebrated in South Korea on March 1 every year. This day marks one of the earliest public displays of Korean resistance. It took place on March 1, 1919 . . . An estimated two million people attended peaceful demonstrations to protest Japan’s occupation of Korea. The demonstrations started in Korea’s capital city Seoul, and soon spread to other parts of the country. The Korean Declaration of Independence was read at a rally in Tapgol Park." My tie shows the Korean alphabet.
Wearing my Korean alphabet tie, to mark the March 1 Movement, a major protest in 1919 that led toward Korea's independence from Japan. It has been a national holiday in South Korea since 1949. My tie was brought to me by my friend Beth Blanchard after a short visit there in June 2010.
