by Kim Benjamin | Jul 24, 2025 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
Questions & Answers About Hmong Americans – Secret No More By Susan Stitt In the 50 years since the CIA’s secret war against Communists in Vietnam ended, Hmong Americans have built new lives in a country they fought for, even though they did not...
by Kim Benjamin | Jul 14, 2025 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
Thank You – For Everything! By Anna Phommachanthone They say memories start to form when a child is around two and a half years old. As a kid, I had the happiest memories of drawing on the dirt at my grandmother’s house by the Nam Khan River, picking...
by Kim Benjamin | Jun 25, 2025 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
A Legacy Of Hope By Kane Vongsavanh I became connected to Legacies of War when I moved to Washington, DC after law school. The organization was a significant part of my understanding of where and how my family came to the U.S. Through various Legacies of War...
by Kim Benjamin | Jun 10, 2025 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
A Girl And Her Tamarind Tree By Khamsone Sirimanivong This past November, for the first time ever, my mother and I returned to Laos together. We had not been in Laos together since 1979. I was just over five years old when we fled Khammouane Province due to...
by Kim Benjamin | May 19, 2025 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
The Story of Legacies Of Way Origin During the U.S. bombing in Laos (1964-1973), an American educational adviser Fred Branfman and his Laotian colleague Bouangeun Luangpraseuth collected illustrations and narratives from Laotian refugees. Etched in pencil,...
by Kim Benjamin | May 12, 2025 | Home Page Slider, Nation/World
Glimmer Of Hope By Khamsone Sirimanivong, Vice Chair, Legacies of War I felt deeply honored to attend the Defense POW/MIA (Prisoners of War/Missing in Action) Accounting Agency (DPAA) 2024 Vietnam War Annual Government Briefing this year in Washington, D.C....
