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2017-04-21

Commemorative Monument of Independence Activist Lee Ga-Soon of Yanggok

The commemorative monument of Indpendence Activist Lee Ga-Soon of Yanggok is in the Haengju Mountain Fortress Historical Park at Haengjuwoe-dong, Deokyang-gu, Goyang City. It was originally located within the Haengju pumping station, 250m southeast of its current location, but it was transferred to its current location in 2016.

“Lee Gasoon Irrigation Mommemorative Monument” is enscripted on the front of the stone, and the lower parts have traces of gun wounds from the Korean war. The back of the monument stone indicates the construction date, contribution of Sir Lee Ga-Soon and Sir Lee Wonjae, and the names of the constructors.

The monument stone reads that he was an independence activist during the Japanese colonial period and displays the contributions of Sir Lee Ga-Soon, the pioneer of irrigation and repairs, and his son, Lee Jaewon. Lee Ga-Soon was born in November 1967 in Hwanghae-do and passed away in April 12, 1943. His family clan is in Wansan, and he settled in the town of Samseongdang, Todang-ri, Jido-myeon, Goyang-gun to contribute to the establishment of foundation construction of the current farming and fishing village.

Since young adult period, Sir Lee Ga-Soon of Yanggok visited Manchuria and Maritime Province of Siberia to unfold independence movement. In 1919, as a part of Wonsan Methodist Church, he lead the 3.1 Independence Movement and established Daeseong School and Wonsan branch of Shinhanhoe. Afterwards, he suffered the hardships in prison as a movement leader and moved to Goyang-gun. After moving to Goyang-gun, he saw that lands like Jido-myeong of Goyang-fun was like a wasteland as they did not have embankment for Han River and were weak against reed fields, tideland, and drought. Thus Lee Ga-Soon bought nearby land with his own money and opened repair facilities and irrigation business. Unfortunately, he passed away while working on repair business. His son, Lee Wonjae, followed his path and established Goyang Repair Association. In November 2010, Sir Lee Ga-Soon was selected as a “ Proud Goyangite” , and the contributions of the father and the son were commemorated. Goyang City moved the commemorative monument of Lee Ga-Soon that was located within the pumping station, to which access is limited, to Goyang Haengju Mountain Historical Partk, where more people can see the monumental stone.