Displaying hundreds of valuable documents and artifacts about teachers and students who sacrificed their lives at the Ma River dike construction site

(CLO) Hundreds of special documents and artifacts from the fighting years were collected and displayed by veterans on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Ham Rong victory at the Memorial Site of 64 teachers and students who died on the Ma River dike construction site.

The memorial site for teachers and students who sacrificed their lives at the Ma River dike construction site is located next to the Ma River bank, Nam Ngan ward, Thanh Hoa city, Thanh Hoa province. It was inaugurated by the locality on March 31, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Ham Rong victory (April 3-4, 1965 - April 3-4, 2025).

The project has a total area of ​​about 2.5 hectares, with 2 main sub-areas. The area inside the dike includes a memorial house for teachers and students, a management house, a reception area, a memorial area (lotus pond, ceremony yard, shrine for female students), a historical reenactment area, roads, and a parking lot.

The memorial management board has arranged meaningful artifacts and documents in the exhibition room for people to visit.

The stele engraved with the names of martyrs was restored at the memorial site to honor and pay tribute to the sacrifice of teachers and students on June 14, 1972, at the construction site of the Ma River dike.

Many documents and handwritten letters are displayed so that visitors can better understand the history of the years when teachers and students participated in the construction of the Ma River dike.

Applications for teachers and students

Medical kit

Basket, collected and restored by Thanh Hoa City People's Committee

Tools for labor work, building dikes on Ma River

Women's bicycles for teachers and students during the years of resistance against America.

The burden of teachers and students

Portraits of martyrs restored

Documentary images of heroes in the Ham Rong Victory

Tea set, kettle, mug, enamel plate at the souvenir area

According to Thanh Hoa City People's Committee, once completed, the memorial site will become a red address for educating revolutionary traditions for future generations.

The space recreates the scene of teachers and students working and building the Ma River dike before being bombed by American planes in 1972.

In the battle on April 3 and 4, 1965, the Thanh Hoa army and people on the front line to protect Ham Rong bridge shot down 47 planes, capturing 2 enemy pilots. Ham Rong alone shot down 31 American planes in 2 days, setting a record for destroying American planes in the skies of North Vietnam. In total, in the 2 times of destroying the North, the army and people of the "fire land" Ham Rong shot down 117 planes, captured many enemy pilots, and held the bridge, setting an unprecedented record for protecting the bridge in world history.

The achievements of the army and people of Ham Rong were praised by President Ho Chi Minh: "Very good! Ham Rong people are good. Ham Rong workers are good. Ham Rong farmers are also good. Ham Rong soldiers and militia are all good. Try to produce and fight even better, defeat the American invaders."

Ha Anh

Source: https://www.congluan.vn/trung-bay-hang-tram-tu-lieu-hien-vat-quy-ve-cac-giao-vien-va-hoc-sinh-hy-sinh-tai-cong-truong-dap-de-song-ma-post341302.html