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[Gwangju Democratization Movement] 5.18 Liberty Park Like 28 [Gwangju Democratization Movement] 5.18 Liberty Park 5?18 Liberty Park is located across from the Kimdaejung Convention Center in Sangmu district, and ha... 5?18 Liberty Park is located across from the Kimdaejung Convention Center in Sangmu district, and has the hall of liberty, exhibiting remnants and images of old times - the guardhouse, the military law court and the Deulbul Seven-Patriots Tower. The guardhouse, where many patriots related to National May 18 Democratic Cemetery in 1980 were detained, and the Sangmudae court where military trials were held, were restored and moved to a location 100 meters away. Like 28
[Gwangju Democratization Movement] 5•18 Memorial Park Like 90 [Gwangju Democratization Movement] 5•18 Memorial Park Just as the government made a 330,000㎡ park for the people in Sang-Mu New Downtown Area Development ... Just as the government made a 330,000㎡ park for the people in Sang-Mu New Downtown Area Development District with the transference of Sangmudae in 1995, a 208,000㎡ May 18 Memorial Park was made to repair reputation and to develop a valuable place for learning. In the May 18 Memorial Park, resting places and park facilities related to May 18th, such as memorial cultural hall, a sculpture depicting the event, the memorial space for the dead, Owulru, and so on, have an important role as a place of development in preparation of the 21st century. May 18 Memorial Cultural Hall in particular is a center for human rights, and has the function of educating about human rights to inherit and develop a noble mind in the people. In the park there is Mugaksa temple, founded in Sangmudae in 1972, and Dangunjeon Hall, which has the spirit of the humanitarianism. Like 90
[Gwangju Democratization Movement] Area of Former Gwangju Bus Terminal (Historical Site No. 3) Like 4 [Gwangju Democratization Movement] Area of Former Gwangju Bus Terminal (Historical Site No. 3) This place is the place where Gwangju Bus Terminal was located during May 18 Democratic Movement and... This place is the place where Gwangju Bus Terminal was located during May 18 Democratic Movement and the transportation center connecting the whole Jeollanam-do. In the afternoon of May 19, at this place, a large demonstration denouncing the excessive suppression of the martial law soldiers was held, and the martial law soldiers broke into even the waiting room and underpass, fired and swayed swords, so this place became a bloody madhouse at once. This news was spread by people, went everywhere outside the city by bus and the movement was spread to whole Jeollanam-do. This place was used as a staging area of airborne troops once. After that time, in the whole area of former Gwangju bus terminal, Gwangju Bank and Lotte Department Store were located and a small park was made, and the underpass, the massacred place, remains until now and keeps the pain of the past. Like 4
[Gwangju Democratization Movement] Baegopeun(hungry) Bridge (Historical Site No. 13) Like 2 [Gwangju Democratization Movement] Baegopeun(hungry) Bridge (Historical Site No. 13) "We defend Gwangju" People set up barricades by rocks and trees at the entry of Hongrim village and ... "We defend Gwangju" People set up barricades by rocks and trees at the entry of Hongrim village and defended against the airborne troops. This place was called as Baegopeun Bridge because the shape of bridge was concave. People of Hongrim village prepared the meals by the request of the martial law soldiers, but they were badly tortured later by the soldiers. Like 2
[Gwangju Democratization Movement] Chonnam National University (Historical Site No. 1) Like 6 [Gwangju Democratization Movement] Chonnam National University (Historical Site No. 1) "The Origin of May 18 Democratic Movement" This was the place that May 18 Democratic Movement going ... "The Origin of May 18 Democratic Movement" This was the place that May 18 Democratic Movement going down in the history of Korean Democracy started. As the illegal emergency martial law was proclaimed all over the country at midnight of May 17th in 1980, the martial law soldiers in Chonnam National University unconditionally beat the students devoted to study in the library and detained them illegally, so this led to the uprising. And at about 10 a.m. of May 18, as the students at the campus gate protested against the martial law soldiers stopping to enter the campus, the first clash happened, and the students went to Gwangju Station and Geumnam-ro and to stage a protest. The martial law soldiers expropriated the people taken to downtown during the uprising in the stadium and the science hall, so the fatalities occurred by kangaroo court and the bodies were buried in the campus and excavated after the uprising. In Chonnam University, May 18 Memorial Hall is located and the origin of Owolgil trip to mediate on the meaning of May 18 trip. Like 6
[Gwangju Democratization Movement] Chonnam National University Hospital (Historical Site No.9) Like 3 [Gwangju Democratization Movement] Chonnam National University Hospital (Historical Site No.9) "Field Hospital of May 18 Democratic Movement" This place was a field hospital of Democratic Movemen... "Field Hospital of May 18 Democratic Movement" This place was a field hospital of Democratic Movement treated the wounded people and civilian guards. The doctors and nurses put all their energy into the wounded people flooded along the corridor and serious patients groaned from being fatally wounded, and people donated the blood voluntarily even to the square. Civilian guards hid the weapons on the roof of the hospital and protested against the martial law soldiers fiercely. Like 3

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