"Never Forget the Sacrifice": A Visit to Chu Van An High School in Hanoi, Vietnam.

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  • Author(s): Berman, David M.
  • Source:
    Social Studies. Jul2009, Vol. 100 Issue 4, p148-153. 6p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      CHU Van An High School (Hanoi, Vietnam); VIETNAMESE people; AMERICANS; HEROES; NATIONALISM
    • Subject Terms:
      HANOI (Vietnam); VIETNAM
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses the visit to the Chu Van An High School in the Ba Dinh District of Hanoi, Vietnam by a group of American educators. The school was described as the haven of many unknown heroes in the battle for freedom and nationalism. Photographs clinging on walls narrates the patriotism of Vietnamese teachers and students during the fight against the Americans. It mentions how the school erected by a French national and how it suffers from the raging war between Vietnamese cultural and historical tradition and American political interests and ideals.