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Memorial Monument consists of two parallel pillars 40 metres (130 ft) tall, based on a traditional Korean "flagpole" design (dang-gan-ji-ju). This monument represents the concepts of new life, survival, and seeds of hope. Near the center point of the pillars is an ovular sculpture,
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on July 27, 2002, and renamed the
National Cemetery for the May 18th Democratic Uprising on January 30, 2006. An annual commemoration is held each May, in which people pay their respect to those who died at both the old and new cemeteries.
256:'official' and 'old' with 'unofficial' serve to influence popular conception of the significance of the different actors involved in the uprising, their place in history, their ideologies and their legacies.
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were exhumed and re-interred in the new location, while the old cemetery was restored to its former state. The new cemetery was promoted to the status of a national cemetery by presidential decree by
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Rebellion and Mapping Memory in South Korea: The (Re)presentation of the 1980 Kwangju Uprising through Mangwol-dong Cemetery".
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A memorial hill planted with "Trees of
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representing "resurrection". To the right and left of the monument are two bronze sculptures called "Grassroots
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Several memorial gates stand on the grounds. At the entrance is the Gate of
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Perspective on the Gwangju People's Resistance Struggle: 1980-1997".
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sculptures titled "Seven Scenes From History" depicts the history of resistance to oppression in Korea.
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805:. May 18th National Cemetery
893:김, 태성 (25 September 2014).
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620:. Routledge. p. 134.
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251:Taryn Assaf observed that
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982:"Monuments and Memorials"
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