KMT Martial Memory
KMT Martial Memory
War of Resistance and Cold War Memorial Sites
The various war or war-related sites discussed in this chapter—the Zhongshan Hall (中山堂), the Armed Forces Museum (國軍歷史文物館), Chung-hsing New Village (中興新村), Military Dependents Villages (眷村), and Kinmen (金門)—suggest that blue camp historical memory is very much alive in Taiwan. The case of the Zhongshan Hall shows the difficulty faced by proponents to create a memorial space dedicated to the War of Resistance against Japan. The Armed Forces Museum exemplifies a static form of KMT historical memory that seems like a throwback to Cold War times, whereas the Military Dependents Villages and Kinmen attest to the plasticity of memorial sites and their capacity to take on new meanings in a changing world through state and nongovernmental interventions.
Keywords: Zhongshan Hall, Armed Forces Museum, Chung-hsing New Village, Military Dependents Villages, Kinmen, KMT memory
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