The 14 October 73 Memorial in Bangkok Travel

You can travel to the place easily and quickly on foot because it is located on Ratchadamneon Rd. between The Democracy Monument and Rachnaddaworaviharn Temple.

The history of The 14 October 73 Memorial

The 14 October 73 Memorial was built in memory of those who lost their lives during the 14th-16th October, 1973 uprising. In 1974, the students’ center of Thailand proposed to the cabinet under the premiership of Prime Minister Sanya Dhammasak the building of a memorial. The proposal was approved and the university affairs bureau was appointed to coordinate this issue with continual support from students’ movements, former students who were part of the 14th of October uprising, academicians, the mass media, NGOs and those who love democracy, the memorial was finished in 2001

The construction was funded by donations from people involved in the 14th of October event and on the commemoration of the twenty-fifth year of the political conflict, as well as from donations from the lottery bureau, the Bangkok metro Politian administration and the university affairs bureau. The 14th of October foundation was responsible for the construction and it has collaborated in the running of the memorial’s activities as a place for public activities that vary in terms of form and subject matter ever since.