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"On July 27, 1953, in the small building approximately 1000 meters to the front of this marker, representatives of the United Nations Command, the Korean People's Army, and the Chinese Peoples Volunteers signed a Military Armistice Agreement that brought the Korean war to a halt. From the initiation of hostilities, on June 25, 1950, until the Armistice the war cost the Korean people untold treasure, anguish and the lives of approximately 150,000 members of the Republic of Korea armed forces. United Nations Command forces suffered approximately 40,000 casualties in the fight for liberty. Thanks to these sacrifices the Republic of Korea is a 'Free and democratic country!'"