Fall of Saigon's 50th anniversary: 8 Seattle-area events to go to

Fall of Saigon's 50th anniversary: 8 Seattle-area events to go to

Fifty years after the Fall of Saigon, the Vietnamese American community is reflecting on its resilience in Washington state and across the country.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of national reunification, the Military Library in collaboration with the Ho Chi Minh City General Science Library and the Political Department of Military Region 7 organized an exhibition of books and newspapers with the theme 'The Great Victory of Spring 1975 - 50 years of the heroic epic of liberation'.

The fall of Saigon 1975: Fifty years of repeating what was forgotten

Part one of a two-part series: On the courage to remember COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle The first demonstration I ever went on was at the age of 12, against the Vietnam War. The first formal history lesson I received was a few months later when I commenced high school. That day the old history master, Mr Griffiths, chalked what I later learnt was a quote from Hegel: “The only lesson we learn from history is that we do not learn the lessons of hist…