Hàng Dương Cemetery

Hàng Dương Cemetery is a memorial cemetery in Vietnam with the remains of independence fighters and prisoners who died at the Con Dao Prison.[1] The cemetery is situated near the prison on Côn Sơn Island (also known as Côn Lôn) the largest island of the sixteen islands of the Con Dao archipelago.[2] Many Vietnamese, war veterans, and former prisoners travel to the island to pay homage to the fallen at temple shrines and tombs.[3] Many of the graves are unmarked but marked and numbered notable graves include those of Lê Hồng Phong, Nguyễn An Ninh and Võ Thị Sáu.

References

  1. ↑ Re-staging revolution and remembering toward change Page 63 Rivka Syd Matova Eisner, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Communication Studies - 2008 "15 From this point forward, following the veterans' usage as well as popular reference in Vietnam, I will refer to the prisons on Con Son as the Con Dao prisons (e.g., the women say they were imprisoned on Con Dao, rather than Con Son)."
  2. ↑ The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and ... - Page 232 Spencer C. Tucker - 2011 "The penal colony was located on Con Son Island, the largest of the 16 islands and islets in the Con Dao archipelago located in the South China Sea."
  3. ↑ Frommer's ShortCuts - Ho Chi Minh City 2012 "Many Vietnamese, war veterans, and former prisoners travel to the island to pay homage to the fallen at temple shrines and tombs, many of which are unmarked at the Hang Duong memorial cemetery. "

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