“The widespspread demonstrations that ensued on this day drew people from all walks of life into a celebration of Korean national will, as demonstrators paraded through the streets shouting “Taehan tongnip manse” (“long live an independent Korea”) [대한독립만세]. The peaceful demonstrations on March 1 [1919] sparked a nation-wide movement in the following months. Over a million people participated in demonstrations, with the Japanese police reporting “disturbances” in all but seven of Korea’s 218 counties“
Read the full March First Proclamation of Korean Independence
(English, 己未獨立宣言書 宣言 書, 독립선언서 원문, 독립선언서 번역문)
Carter J. Eckert, Ki-baik Lee, Young Ick Lew, Michael Robinson & Edward W. Wagner, Korea Old and New: A History. 1990, p278. Seoul, Korea: Ilchokak, Publishers
Tags: 3/1, March First Independence Movement, Samil, Samil Undong
