“American Footsteps” Exhibit Grand Opening
Over 150 guests attended the opening
“American Footsteps” Exhibit Grand Opening: On March 18, AIT Director Stanton, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu and National Sun Yat-Sen University President Yang Hong-dun co-hosted the grand opening ceremony of “American Footsteps in Southern Taiwan: Our People in a Defining Era, 1950-1980,” an unprecedented museum exhibition conceived and coordinated by AIT Kaohsiung Branch Office and carried out under the auspices of Kaohsiung’s Sun Yat-sen America Center and Kaohsiung Museum of History.
In his opening remarks, Stanton lauded the exhibit’s many co-sponsors and expressed hope that in the future, the exhibit could be shared with other cities in Taiwan. The exhibit’s central theme is the close personal ties forged between Americans and Taiwanese in southern Taiwan during the period after WWII and up to the signing of the Taiwan Relations Act. The exhibit features a large number of vintage photographs and artifacts, including items donated under U.S. AID’s post-war assistance program in Taiwan and memorabilia left behind by U.S. soldiers stationed in southern Taiwan.
More than 150 political, academic and business VIPs attended the opening ceremony and follow-on reception, along with a large number of local print and broadcast journalists. The America Center will be organizing a series of special programs and lectures related to the exhibit, which will close on July 4. (Please see comments written by a United Daily News blogger on this museum exhibit: http://blog.udn.com/taipeicoco/3867189
I didn't make it to the grand opening and still haven't seen the display, but there's plenty of time (open through July 4). Looks like of plenty of other folks were able to catch the exhibit's grand opening, though.
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