Letter to our young Vietnamese-Americans
by Hieu Van
Nguyen
Our dear friends,
Frequently we are facing the question “Where are you
from?”, and our natural answer is “From Viet Nam.”
However our identity is not that simple as other Asian countries such as
Why is this so important to you and your family? Please look back into the history of
Our identity is important to us. Millions of soldiers, parents and friends sacrificed their lives for our freedom and our welfare. The determination of millions of innocent people, after the invasion of the Communist in 1975, is forever to be honored. These people confronted the consequences of failure, the perils of the oceans, the cruelties of the pirates, the dangers of an uncertain future to bring their families, to find for us a free country to live. History told only a small percentage succeeding in such a plight. However, here we are today as living testimonies.
That is why it was so important to us when The State of Ohio passed The House Bill No 55 and Governor Ted Strickland formally recognized the twenty-ninth day of April as a “Heritage and Freedom Flag of the Former Republic of Viet Nam Day” in honor of the heroes who gave the ultimate sacrifice for freedom.
We all hope that our predecessors are planting the seed of young Vietnamese in this good ideological soil to make a better South Vietnamese-American generation.
From the bottom of our Heart, we are calling on your
participation of the Flag Day ceremonies in front of the Ohio State Capitol on
Hieu Van Nguyen
Born to Honor Freedom