My fellow citizens, 7 million overseas Koreans, decorated patriots who fought for the nation’s independence, Today, we celebrate the 105th March First Independence Movement Day. With utmost reverence, I pay a heartfelt tribute to our fallen patriotic forefathers and patriots who devoted themselves to the cause of our country’s freedom and prosperity. I extend my sincerest gratitude to our independence her.
Posted : 2021-03-02 10:52
Updated : 2021-03-02 11:05
An old photograph of Dilkusha from the Seoul History Museum exhibit in 2019. / Courtesy of Seoul History Museum
By Robert Neff
Seoul s newest museum is perched up on the hillside above Sajik Tunnel and flanked by a massive ginkgo tree in a two-story brick building known as Dilkusha. Built in 1923 by the American goldminer, businessman and journalist Albert Taylor for his wife Mary, the couple lived in the house until 1942 when they ― along with most of the Westerners living in Korea ― were deported from Korea by the Japanese.
Many people are probably unaware of the role the Taylors played in Korea s fight for independence from the 1910-45 Japanese occupation. In her book, Chain of Amber, Mary recalled that on March 1, 1919, she had just given birth to her son Bruce at Severance Hospital and woke up to discover a Korean nurse hiding a bundle of papers beneath her baby. When Albert visited her and their infant son, he