Liberation Day in Vietnam

Sometimes what one country celebrates as a holiday has a very connotation in another country. One such observance is Liberation Day in Vietnam. No American over 45 or so can forget the images of Americans, foreign nationals, and South Vietnamese who had worked for the Americans being airlifted off of the roof of the American Embassy on April 30, 1975. The footage speaks for itself:

Today, in Vietnam, the holiday is marked as a national holiday with festivals and feasts. In Vietnamese communities overseas, the day is generally marked as a somber day of reflection.