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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Choi</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> Relative to Yu Gwan-sun Day. </ns0:Title>
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<html:p>This measure would recognize March 1, 2025, as the 6th Anniversary of Yu Gwan-sun Day in the State of California and recognize the 106th Anniversary Commemoration of the March 1st Movement for Korean Independence.</html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, The March 1st Movement was inspired by the “Fourteen Points” outlined by President Woodrow Wilson at the Paris Peace Conference and was the first step taken by Koreans for independence; and</html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, The reading of the Korean Declaration of Independence, which was drafted by historian Choe Nam-seon, in Taehwagwan Restaurant in Seoul and the subsequent signing of the document signaled the beginning of the independence movement for Korea; and</html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, From March 1 to April 11, 1919, approximately 2,000,000 Koreans participated in more than 1,500 demonstrations, which are referred to today as the Korean independence movement; and</html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, Yu Gwan-sun is best known as an organizer in the March 1st Movement in the peaceful demonstration against the Imperial Japanese colonial rule of Korea; and</html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, The protests and the March 1st Movement sparked the creation of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, and while the campaign failed to achieve its goal of independence, March 1 is celebrated by both North and South Korea today as a national holiday; and</html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, The centennial commemoration of the March 1st Movement of Korean independence, which brought Californians together for this momentous event, was marked with movie presentations, celebrations, and historical seminars to educate the community on the historical importance of the movement; and</html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, California is home to the largest population of Korean Americans in the United States; and</html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, The contributions of the Korean American community in California have strengthened this great state and continue to promote the incredible diversity of California; and </html:p>
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<html:p>WHEREAS, The Assembly recognized March 1, 2019, as Yu Gwan-sun Day in the State of California in honor of the centennial commemorative year of the March 1st Movement of Korean independence; now, therefore, be it</html:p>
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<html:i>Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly thereof concurring,</html:i>
That the Legislature recognizes March 1, 2025, as the 6th Anniversary of Yu Gwan-sun Day in the State of California; and be it further
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<html:i>Resolved,</html:i>
That the Legislature recognizes the 106th Anniversary Commemoration of the March 1st Movement for Korean Independence; and be it further
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That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
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