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Prompted by the removal of Chiang statues at other sites, some groups agitated for removal of the Chiang statue in July 2007 to coincide with other changes at the memorial hall. [ 28 ] The renaming of the memorial hall proceeded, but the statue was not removed or covered up, as had been speculated, when the newly named National Taiwan Democracy ...
In this position, Yeh commented on the possible removal of the Chiang Kai-shek statue at Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, [25] [26] discussed the commission's research into the Dang Guo system, [27] and remarked on the commission's finding that Chiang Ching-kuo was an authoritarian figure, and the Ching-kuo Chi-hai Cultural Park was an ...
Side view shortly after the renaming ceremony in May 2007. The images evoke the Wild Lily student movement of 1990.. The renaming of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan to National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall (Chinese: 國立台灣民主紀念館; pinyin: Guólì Táiwān Mínzhǔ Jìniànguǎn) [1] was announced by President Chen Shui-bian on 15 May 2007.
Chiang loved the lake so much that he had an official residence built nearby to architecturally resemble the houses in Fenghua. He also named his favorite residence Cihu, which was converted to his mausoleum upon his death in 1975. Chiang's body lies in the main hall of the residence. The residence was designed by architect Yang Cho-cheng.
The mayors of several U.S. cities said they would push ahead with plans to remove Confederate statues.
When the bronze equestrian statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee arrived by rail in Richmond from Paris in 1890, it took 10,000 men, women and children to haul its pieces more than a mile to the site where ...
The ground level of the memorial houses a library and a museum documenting Chiang Kai-shek's life and career, with exhibits detailing Taiwan's history and development. The upper level contains the main hall, in which a large statue of Chiang Kai-shek is located, and where a guard mounting ceremony takes place at regular intervals.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam last week ordered the statue of Lee taken down, citing the pain felt across the country over the death of George Floyd. Judge issues order halting Lee statue removal ...