ANSONIA — The photograph of Thich Quang Duc, the 66-year-old monk who burned himself to death on a busy Saigon street in 1963 is as powerful a protest against religious persecution today as it was then. Upon seeing the photo, President John F. Kennedy said,“No news picture generated so much attention as that one.” More recently Ken Burns prominently used the photo in his Vietnam War series airing on PBS. On Sunday, as part of the two-day 20th anniversary of the founding of the Phuoc Long Buddhist Temple on North Cliff Street, Duc will be remembered along with other monks who died protesting persecution under South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem. Diem was later assassinated along with his brother and adviser, Ngo Dinh Nhu, on Nov.
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