Jerry Bernstein
At the Cerritos City Council meeting of July 8, Mayor Joseph Cho issued a proclamation declaring July 27 as Korean War Veterans Day in recognition of a war known in this country as “The Forgotten War.”
Mayor Cho stated “Koreans and Korean-Americans have never forgotten the war or the heroic efforts of the Veterans who sacrificed for the freedom and liberty of the Korean People. Although the fighting stopped on July 27, 1953 with the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement, the Korean War never formally ended. For the last 57 years, the Korean peninsula has been under an ongoing cold war situation which most people prefer not to discuss.”
The Korean War began on June 25 1950 when the North Korean Army crossed the 38th parallel at 4 a.m. invading the Republic of Korea [ROK]. This was a war where 23,615 American fighting men were killed in action defending a country they knew little
about and a people they did not know, A war where 2,847 died in Prisoner of War Camps.
On July 24, 2009, President Obama proclaimed July 27, 2009, as National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day. On July 27, 2009, President Barack Obama signed H.R. 2632, the Korean War Veterans Recognition Act. Prior to reaching the president's desk, the bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 421-0 and the Senate by unanimous consent. H.R. 2632 adds the National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day to the list of days on which the display of the flag of the United States is especially encouraged.
Mayor Cho's proclamation declaring July 27 as Korean War Veterans Recognition Day is the first of any city in the US. In honor of the Korean War Veterans Recognition Day, the Cerritos Korean-American community will hold a special ceremony at the Cerritos Center for Performing Arts located at 12700 Center Court Drive in Cerritos. The ceremony, which will begin at 10:00 am on July 27, will feature a band from the Republic of Korea Navy along with teams of Honor
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