Beacon Hill in Boston in Suffolk County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)
For Hai and Sacha
Photographed by David Lynch
1. For Hai and Sacha Marker
For Hai and Sacha
Age 9
For all Vietnamese children who died in the war
And for ourselves
1975
Erected 1975.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam.
Location. 42° 21.314′ N, 71° 3.946′ W. Memorial is in Boston, Massachusetts, in Suffolk County. It is in Beacon Hill. It can be reached from Winter Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Boston MA 02108, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Massachusetts’ Historic Boston. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: North Sea Mine Force Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of the Great Elm (within shouting distance of this marker); Soldiers and Sailors Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Nurses of the Armed Services Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); The Embrace (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Boston Massacre Monument (about 500 feet away); Oneida Football Club of Boston (about 500 feet away); Nova Scotia Tree for Boston (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Boston.
More about this memorial. The marker is flat to the ground under a young Pin Oak that may have been installed at the same time.
Additional commentary.
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The Boston Parks Department has not responded to my query about this marker, and I have been unable to find out when it was installed or by whom. Further information would be appreciated.
— Submitted July 11, 2023, by David Lynch of Belmont, Massachusetts.
2. Mention of the memorial
The memorial is mentioned on pg. 182 of "An American Requiem: God, My Father, and the War That Came Between Us" by James Carroll, 1996. The book mentions that it was placed "twenty years before" (i.e. ca. 1975) by fifty veterans of the antiwar movement.
— Submitted July 20, 2023, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia.
April 5, 2025
2. For Hai and Sacha Marker
A 9-year-old child in a rain jacket reads the marker text, after the Hands Off demonstration on April 5 2025.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 11, 2023, by David Lynch of Belmont, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 340 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on July 11, 2023, by David Lynch of Belmont, Massachusetts. 2. submitted on April 6, 2025. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
Editor’s want-list for this marker. 1) Photo of the memorial in context. 2) Information about the origin of this memorial. • Can you help?
