Gentlemen, and welcome to the Korean War Veterans Memorial. I am steve lee, the president of the Korean War Veterans Memorial foundation. And we are very honored to have you join us here both in person and livecast. Today, we have gathered honor all korean war veterans and their families from 22 United Nations Member States who fought to defend the republic of korea. This year, ceremony is even more meaningful as we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the signing of the korean armistice agreement on july 27, 1953. The korean armistice agreement was intended to bring a complete cessation of hostilities to the korean war. But because the peace treaty is not signed over, 28,500 americans stand ready today with the republic of korea and 16 other United Nations command sending states to defend south korea. At this time, we would like to recognize our veterans and families. Please direct your attention to the center of our seating area in the Veterans Center section of the korean war. Vetera
Okay. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Korean War Veterans Memorial. I am steve lee, the president of the Korean War Veterans Memorial foundation. And we are very honored to have you join us here both in person and livecast. Today, we have gathered honor all korean war veterans and their families from 22 United Nations Member States who fought to defend the republic of korea. This year, ceremony is even more meaningful as we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the signing of the korean armistice agreement on july 27, 1953. The korean armistice agreement was intended to bring a complete cessation of hostilities to the korean war. But because the peace treaty is not signed over, 28,500 americans stand ready today with the republic of korea and 16 other United Nations command sending states to defend south korea. At this time, we would like to recognize our veterans and families. Please direct your attention to the center of our seating area in the Veterans Center
Okay. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Korean War Veterans Memorial. I am steve lee, the president of the Korean War Veterans Memorial foundation. And we are very honored to have you join us here both in person and livecast. Today, we have gathered honor all korean war veterans and their families from 22 United Nations Member States who fought to defend the republic of korea. This year, ceremony is even more meaningful as we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the signing of the korean armistice agreement on july 27, 1953. The korean armistice agreement was intended to bring a complete cessation of hostilities to the korean war. But because the peace treaty is not signed over, 28,500 americans stand ready today with the republic of korea and 16 other United Nations command sending states to defend south korea. At this time, we would like to recognize our veterans and families. Please direct your attention to the center of our seating area in the Veterans Center
Korean peninsula remains a major concern of u. S. Foreignpolicy. Up next on American History tv, former director of the Harry S Truman president ial library Michael Devine gives a presentation entitled the korean war remembered. Andg photographs, posters artwork, hollywood films and personal experiences, mr. Devine examines the public and Popular Culture memory of the korean war. Woodrow Wilson Center in washington, d. C. Hosted this hourlong event. Michael thank you very charles for the kind introduction. I am pleased to be here at the woodrow Wilson Center as a fellow. It has been a great experience the last several weeks and i look forward to another bit of research and fellowship here at the center. The work i am going to talk about today is a work in progress. This will eventually be a booklength manuscript describing the korean war and how it is remembered, primarily in the United States, but north and south korea and some of the other countries that were major participants in th
Michael thank you very much, charles, for the kind introduction. I am pleased to be here at the Woodrow Wilson center as a fellow. It has been a great experience the last several weeks and i look forward to another bit of research and fellowship here at the center. The work i am going to talk about today is a work in progress. This will eventually be a booklength manuscript describing the korean war and how it is remembered primarily in the United States, but north and south korea and some of the other countries that were major participants in the korean war. I think this topic is important because it helps us understand the Current Situation in east asia. How those countries get along, what is behind some of the tensions that continue to exist. The memory of the war, the public memory has impacted american policymakers and political decisions. I think it is important to understand the memory of the war in order to understand ourselves as americans and as a society. At this point, i se