Los Angeles County voted Tuesday to postpone the memorial day honoring actress Jane Fonda to April 30th. The originally proposed date sparked opposition from Vietnamese Americans and state legislators.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors originally proposed April 30th as “Jane Fonda Day,” a day to honor Jane Fonda’s climate change work during “Earth Month.”
Vietnamese Americans and state legislators objected to the move, which commemorates the fall of Saigon, the day the U.S. formally withdrew from Vietnam and Vietnam fell to the communist north.
Critics pointed out that the date was inappropriate for “Jane Fonda Day” because Jane Fonda was an outspoken opponent of the war and made a controversial trip to North Vietnam in 1972. . This trip earned her the nickname “Hanoi Jane.” She said the actress later regretted her trip.
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American actress Jane Fonda attends the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. (Rocco Spaziani/Archivio Spaziani/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)
Westminster Republican Rep. Tori Ta called on the oversight committee to rescind the declaration. in the letter The petition, signed by more than a dozen other lawmakers, said the decision to designate April 30 as “Jane Fonda Day” was “a painful reminder of Ms. Fonda’s pro-Communist activism during the Vietnam War.”
“The pain and hurt caused by this decision is certain to cause long-term damage to the Vietnamese refugee community,” he said.
California is home to the largest Vietnamese community outside Vietnam.
Jane Fonda visited Hanoi in July 1972. (Photo by History/Universal Images Group, Getty Images)
in the letter Sen. Janet Nguyen of Huntington Beach told Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath that the proposed date would “honor pro-communist activist Jane Fonda as a heroine of peace and social justice on the anniversary of the fall of Saigon. is tone-deaf.”
Recognizing these concerns, the board voted Tuesday to move Jane Fonda Day to April 8, starting in 2025.
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“In recognition of the voices of the community who have spoken out about the historical significance of this day, Los Angeles County will commemorate Earth Month on April 8th by American actor and activist Jane I commend Fonda.”
