First Senior Center of Georgia (FSCofGA) will host a commemoration event on April 30 in Norcross, Georgia, honoring Vietnamese veterans and refugees impacted by the Fall of Saigon and the Vietnam War, while raising awareness of their journey and contributions.<\/p>\n
Press release<\/p>\n
Norcross-based FSCofGA hosts remembrance ceremony recognizing Vietnamese veterans and refugees, highlighting the historical impact of April 30, 1975 and community resilience in Georgia<\/p>\n
WHAT:<\/strong> First Senior Center of Georgia will honor Vietnamese veterans and refugees who were forced to leave their homeland as a result of the Vietnam War. The Fall of Saigon marked the collapse of democratic South Vietnam as the communist North took over. This will be a formal event to mourn the fall of the democratic side of Vietnam.<\/p>\n We invite media to observe this day alongside First Senior Center and the Vietnamese community in Georgia and to help spread awareness of the hardships Vietnamese refugees have endured to rebuild their lives in Georgia.<\/p>\n WHEN:<\/strong> WHERE:<\/strong> MEDIA RSVP REQUESTED:<\/strong> First Senior Center of Georgia (FSCofGA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free services to the Vietnamese elderly community in Atlanta and surrounding areas. It has evolved into a lifeline for low-income seniors, offering essential services such as language support, food pantry assistance, benefits enrollment aid, senior wellness programs, affordable housing support, end-of-life care, transportation, and crisis management. Learn more at https:\/\/fscofga.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" First Senior Center of Georgia (FSCofGA) will host a commemoration event on April 30 in Norcross, Georgia, honoring Vietnamese veterans and refugees impacted by the Fall of Saigon and the Vietnam War, while raising awareness of their journey and contributions. Press release Norcross-based FSCofGA hosts remembrance ceremony recognizing Vietnamese veterans and refugees, highlighting the historical […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fscofga.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fscofga.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fscofga.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fscofga.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fscofga.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5123"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fscofga.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5125,"href":"https:\/\/fscofga.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5123\/revisions\/5125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fscofga.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fscofga.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fscofga.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fscofga.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
On April 30, 1975, Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, fell to the North Vietnamese Army, effectively ending the Vietnam War. This event led to the collapse of the South Vietnamese government and the mass evacuation of Vietnamese citizens. The North Vietnamese Army took control of the city, and the war ended with the reunification of Vietnam under communist rule.<\/p>\n
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Time: 11:00 a.m. ET<\/p>\n
First Senior Center of Georgia
5555 Oakbrook Pkwy, Building 500, Suite 500-B
Norcross, GA 30093<\/p>\n
Please contact Amanda Brown-Olmstead at amanda@newaboa.com<\/a> to confirm attendance or schedule interviews with event organizers.<\/p>\n
\nAbout First Senior Center of Georgia<\/h2>\n