September 30, 1949

[Epitaph on the Monument to the Heroes of the People drafted by Comrade Mao
Tsetung.]


Eternal glory to the heroes of the people who laid down their lives in the
people's war of liberation and the people's revolution in the past three
years!

Eternal glory to the heroes of the people who laid down their lives in the
people's war of liberation and the people's revolution in the past thirty
years!

Eternal glory to the heroes of the people who from 1840 laid down their lives
in the many struggles against domestic and foreign enemies and for national
independence and the freedom and well-being of the people!


Transcription by the Maoist Documentation Project.