The wife and eldest son of General Hong Beom-do of Yeocheon, who led the Battle of Bongo-dong to victory, receive the Founding Medal on March 1st. General Hong Beom-do’s wife Danyangi(Danyang 李氏, no real name record) died of torture in prison, the eldest son Yangsoon Hong The teacher passed away during a battle with the Japanese army.
His wife, Ilkyung, died of torture, and his eldest son died in a battle.
The second son, Hong Yong-hwan, who died during medical activities, “reward is pending.”
![The Ministry of National Veterans Affairs announced on the 25th that it was conferring the Founding Medal to Dan Yang-i, the wife of General Hong Beom-do, and the eldest son, Yang-soon Hong. The picture shows KBS 1TV first unveiled the video of the general's life on October 24th last year in the special feature'National Hero, General Hong Beom-do'. [KBS 제공=연합뉴스]](https://i0.wp.com/pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/202102/25/7694abe0-f775-43da-bffe-f6aa675044b0.jpg?w=560&ssl=1)
The Ministry of National Veterans Affairs announced on the 25th that it was conferring the Founding Medal to Dan Yang-i, the wife of General Hong Beom-do, and the eldest son, Yang-soon Hong. The picture shows KBS 1TV first unveiled the video of the general’s life on October 24th last year in the special feature’National Hero, General Hong Beom-do’. [KBS 제공=연합뉴스]
According to the Ministry of Veterans Affairs on the 25th, the two will celebrate their 102nd anniversary Section 3ㆍ1 275 people of independence(136 founding medals, 24 founding medals, 115 presidential citations). There is no surviving governor among the recipients of this award.
General Hong’s wife, Dan Yang-i, was arrested in Ilkyung for her husband’s medical activities in Bukcheong, South Hamgyong Province in March 1908, and died without enduring torture. The data of In-seop Lee, who copied 『Hongbeomdo Diary』 in 1958 (『In-seop Lee and the 3rd Vol.
“It was February 18, 1906. Our medical corps entered Yongmun-dong and became ryu. At this time, enemies arrived on Dedenjang Street and forced Hong Beom-do to return and threatened him, but General Hong Beom-do returned with a letter to depart. Eight people were punished and they protested hard, and later they were deceived and exterminated by a strange means. Because he was caught by the enemy and was inhumanly evil, he cut his tongue with his teeth and did not reveal the secrets of the army. (syncopation)
My wife wrote this while she died for being badly punished. In other words, “Women, men, or any heroine, if their life is cut off. If I write what you tell them to do, he will not hear him, so you don’t talk to me, but do whatever you want.” I did. (syncopation)
So those bad guys I put a wick between the two of my wife’s toes and put a fire on them.I did. However, when my wife died halfway, she cut her tongue and became dumb, but she did not turn away, and died on resentment for the sake of her country and for the common people.”
![The Independence Hall held a special exhibition to examine the scene of the Revolutionary War last year, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Bongo-dong and Cheongsan-ri and the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Korean Liberation Army. The picture is by Hong Beom-do. [독립기념관 제공=연합뉴스]](https://i0.wp.com/pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/202102/25/ffe88b6d-28ad-4e38-a73e-b7f17089aec2.jpg?w=560&ssl=1)
The Independence Hall held a special exhibition to examine the scene of the Revolutionary War last year, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Bongo-dong and Cheongsan-ri and the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Korean Liberation Army. The picture is by Hong Beom-do. [독립기념관 제공=연합뉴스]
General Hong’s eldest son, Hong Yang-soon, entered the Hongbeom-do medical unit at Bukcheong in 1907, and died during a battle with Japanese troops in Jeongpyeong, Hamnam the following year. In the manuscript of 『Hongbeomdo Diary』, there is a passage in which General Hong described the situation at the time.
“From a classic barmaci My son Yang-soon died after losing 107 people by fighting with 500 private soldiers. 6 people died and 8 people were seriously injured. At that time, Yang Soon was the company commander. My son Yang-soon died on May 18th at 12 o’clock.”
General Hong Beom-do, who died in Kazakhstan in 1943, was awarded the Founding Medal in 1963. However, the history of the independence movement of General Hong’s family has not been greatly appreciated. In this regard, an official from the Ministry of Veterans Affairs said, “Reward for independence merit is basically an application by the person or the bereaved family, but the number of applications is continuously decreasing as the number of survivors living in distant foreign lands has already passed three generations.” The results of the excavation work based on this were included in this award,” he explained.
Likewise, the second son who died in 1921 at the age of 21 while working as a medical doctor Yonghwan Hong The teacher fell out of this award. An official from the Ministry of Veterans Affairs said, “We had a review together this time, but the award was put on hold because the data were insufficient.”
![This photo was released when the'Wolgok-dong Complex Archive Center' in Gwangju Goryeoin Village was opened in December last year, promoting the history and culture of Goryeoin. In the 1950s, a Korean class was held with Goryeoin who visited the graveyard of General Hong Beom-do. [고려인마을 제공=연합뉴스]](https://i0.wp.com/pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/202102/25/0f4ceddc-adba-4ed1-befd-772b9aca4032.jpg?w=560&ssl=1)
This photo was released when the’Wolgok-dong Complex Archive Center’ in Gwangju Goryeoin Village was opened in December last year, promoting the history and culture of Goryeoin. In the 1950s, a Korean class was held with Goryeoin who visited the graveyard of General Hong Beom-do. [고려인마을 제공=연합뉴스]
The current government Rehabilitation of General Hong Beom-do’s remainsIs promoting. The remains of General Hong’s remains were first promoted in 1994 during the Kim Young-sang administration in order to rectify the history, but were destroyed by local compatriots hoping to preserve it as a’symbol of Kazakhstan compatriots’.
However, in the 2010s, it was pointed out that the cemetery was not properly managed, and the atmosphere for re-recovery of the remains was formed. According to the Ministry of Veterans Affairs, the remains are expected to be reclaimed in line with the Kazakh President’s visit to Korea, which has been postponed due to a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
◇ State management, such as the graveyard of Suyu-Yuri
On the other hand, the veterans of this day are located in Bukhansan National Park. ‘Soo-Yuri’And Gyeonggi-do Anseong-si public cemetery ‘Jeon Mall Gungyeong Joint Cemetery’It has been announced that it will be designated as a national cemetery. This is the first case of being designated as a nationally managed cemetery among joint cemeteries scattered across the country.
Currently, 32 people of independence merit such as Kim Chang-suk, Son Byung-hee, Shin Ik-hee, Yeo Woon-hyung, Lee Si-young, and Lee Joon are buried at the Suyuri Cemetery, and 58 6·25 veterans are buried at the Anseong Cemetery. When designated as a nationally managed cemetery, the cemetery is renovated and repaired, dedicated management staff are assigned, and information and convenience facilities are installed.
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