Chuseok Holiday Part 四 Tapgol Park

Also, known as Independence Park or Pagoda Park, Tapgol Park is most historically noted for being the site of the March 1st, 1919 Independence Movement. This is where the Korean Declaration of the Independence was read. As a part of the Korean independence movement, this day of peaceful protest against Japanese occupation was met with police brutality. This was also the turn prompting harsher occupational rule by the Japanese.
So, as one of the things I wrote about in my special studies, I was pretty psyched to go.

Entrance to Park

Three Panels of the Korean Declaration of Indpendence-- Left: English; Center: Chinese; Right: Korean

Chinese Panel

Korean Panel

Statue of Uiam Son Byeong-Hui

Monument of Wongaksa built in 1471 to record the founding of Wongaksa Buddhist temple in 1465

Pagoda

These are metal panels with murals depicting the events of the March 1, 1919 reading of the Declaration of Independence.