Song Yi-kyun
| Song Yi-kyun | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 28, 1892 Pyongyang, Korea |
| 💀Died | June 20, 1927 Stockton, CaliforniaJune 20, 1927 |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Korean Independence Activist |
| 🏡 Home town | Pyongyang, Korea |
Song Yi-kyun (Hangul: 송이균; Hanja: 宋二均; 1885 –, 1927) was a Korean-American activist who played an important role in the Korean Independence movement.
Life[edit]
Song Yi-Kyun was born in 1885 in Pyongyang, Korea. In 1913, he left Pyongyang to San Francisco for study and would join the Korean Independence Movement along with other members of the Korean Immigrant Community in California. On October 1914, he became a member of the Korean National Association(대한인) [1] and from 1915 to 1926, he served as an student assistant to the Sacramento Regional Societies of the Korean National People's Congress in the USA [2], as a secretary of the Wolongus Korean American Pilots [3], and as a treasurer of the Maxwell Regional Association in 1922.[4]
In May 1920, he became a commissioner of the Princeton District Receiving Commission for the financial support of the Independent Newspaper of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.[5] He collected donations from the Korean-American community and sent it to the North American General Assembly.[6]. In July of the same year, he helped in administering over a Korean-American pilot school in Willows, California.[7] The school's purpose was to train activists to become combat pilots for Korea.[8] In December of the same year, he served as a recruiting committee member for the Princeton region for relief of Korean and Chinese-Korean Families.[9]
From 1914 to 1926, he supported the independence movement fund several times.[10]
In 1927, he died of a brain aneurism from an accident.
Legacy[edit]
In 2015, Song Yi-Kyun was postumously awarded the Presidential Medal (대통령장) of South Korea's [Order of Merit for National Foundation] (건국훈장 대한민국장), for his contributions during the Korean Liberation Movement.
References[edit]
- ↑ Kunminhoe Membership List
- ↑ The New Korea, no. 386 (1916 Feb. 8)
- ↑ Chang T.E., & Han, W.S. (2015) Korean American Pioneer Aviators: The Willows Airmen,
- ↑ Korean Ministry of Patriots & Veterans Affairs. (n.d.).
- ↑ The New Korea no. 721 (1920, Dec. 2)
- ↑ Korean Ministry of Patriots & Veterans Affairs. (n.d.)
- ↑ Chang T.E., & Han, W.S. (2015) Korean American Pioneer Aviators: The Willows Airmen
- ↑ Jang Tae Han. (2014 April 24), [1920, 대한민국 하늘을 열다-39] 비행학교/비행대 창설 (12)1920년 7월5일 공식 개교.
- ↑ Korean Ministry of Patriots & Veterans Affairs. (n.d.).
- ↑ Korean Ministry of Patriots & Veterans Affairs.
Bibliography[edit]
- The New Korea, no. 386 (1916 Feb. 8), retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll43/id/3985/rec/1
- The New Korea, no. 423 (1917 Feb. 15), retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll43/id/4155/rec/34
- Kunminhoe Membership List, retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll126/id/10959/rec/3
- The New Korea, no. 724 (1920 Dec. 23), retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll43/id/5660/rec/57
- Chang T.E., & Han, W.S. (2015) Korean American Pioneer Aviators: The Willows Airmen. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books
- The New Korea, no. 705 (1920 Aug. 12) http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll43/id/5590/rec/43
- The New Korea, no. 953 (1924 Jan 24), retrieved from http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll43/id/6320/rec/11
- The New Korea no. 721 (1920, Dec. 2), retrieved from
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll43/id/5675/rec/60
- Jang Tae Han. (2014 April 24), [1920, 대한민국 하늘을 열다-39] 비행학교/비행대 창설 (12)1920년 7월5일 공식 개교. Korea Daily http://www.koreadaily.com/news/read.asp?art_id=2493910
- Korean Ministry of Patriots & Veterans Affairs. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.mpva.go.kr/narasarang/gonghun_view.asp?id=14820&ipp=50
- Awards and Decorations Act, Act No. 11690 of March 23, 2013 (amended) (in English and Korean) Korea Legislation Research Institute. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
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