Gratitude from the river of fire and flowers

On the evening of September 18, at Long Dai village, Truong Ninh commune, the People's Committee of Quang Tri province coordinated with Vietnam Television to organize a live television program "Gratitude to the Fire and Flower River". Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung attended the event.

Attending the program were comrades: Tran Quang Phuong, member of the Party Central Committee, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly; Nguyen Van Hung, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Le Ngoc Quang, Secretary of the Quang Tri Provincial Party Committee.

Awarding certificate of national historical relic Long Dai Ferry Terminal II

The event was associated with the announcement ceremony of the decision and receiving the certificate of national historical relic ranking of Long Dai Ferry Terminal II, where 16 heroic youth volunteers sacrificed their lives (September 1972).

Fire and Flower River Art Program

Long Dai ferry, the most fierce "fire coordinate" on Truong Son route 15, was once the "throat" that decided the survival of the support convoys from the Northern rear to the battlefields of the South, Laos and Cambodia.

Reenacting the scene of Youth Volunteers living in Long Dai village

Right here, in September 1972, 16 youth volunteers of the C130 company (from Thai Binh , now Hung Yen) fell while on duty to open the road, ensuring the traffic flow. Their blood dyed the river red, so that the shipments and troops could go to battle in time.

MC Lai Van Sam

That sacrifice has turned Long Dai Ferry Terminal II into one of the sacred places, proving the will to "die for the Fatherland" of the previous generation.

The decision of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to recognize Long Dai Ferry Terminal II as a national historical relic is an affirmation of the great value of this place and opens up opportunities for this place to become a "red address" for traditional education , gratitude to martyrs and development of spiritual and cultural tourism.

MINH PHONG

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/loi-tri-an-tu-dong-song-hoa-lua-post813612.html