Bust of U-dang Lee Hoe-yeong

The bust of U-dang Lee Hoe-yeong was erected to commemorate the patriotic patriot Lee Hoe-yeong, who led the way for Korea's independence. Lee Hoe-yeong was born as the fourth son of Lee Yu-seung, a Minister of the Joseon Dynasty. In 1905, he led a movement to thwart and nullify the conspiracy behind the Eulsa Treaty, and persuaded Emperor Gojong to dispatch secret envoys to the Hague Peace Conference. However, in 1910, when the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty was signed, he and his six brothers, along with about 50 family members, liquidated all their assets and went into exile. In Manchuria, he established the Shinheung Military Academy's predecessor, the Shinheung Training Center, and in 1912, moved to Hapniha to begin full-scale military officer training. Until its closure in 1920, the Shinheung Military Academy trained about 3,500 independence army officers, leading the independence war and laying the foundation for the founding of the Korean Liberation Army. When the Shanghai Provisional Government was formed, he participated as a member of the legislative council. Later, he supported the anarchist movement and the Uiyeoldan organization, while also forming the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Alliance, which had the Black Terror Corps under its command, and devoted himself to armed resistance. While infiltrating local areas to coordinate joint anti-Japanese efforts between Chinese抗日 forces and independence army units, he was arrested in Dalian and transferred to Lüshun Prison. There, he died from severe torture and starvation at the age of 66. The bust was erected by the Memorial Association to honor Lee Hoe-yeong's achievements, and it is placed in front of the Seoul YWCA, where the marker stone for 'Lee Hoe-yeong and Lee Si-yeong Six Brothers' House Site' is located.

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