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Changing of the guard in the museum!

A statue of Chiang Kai-Shek! 

I was told these teenagers were from the Corps of Cadets and would become political officers at some point.  As you can see, they were marching in this area.

In the "Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall" area.

A full view of the previous site.

A picture of the "National Revolutionary Martyrs' Shrine" in downtown Taipei.  I recall it was so huge, it was difficult to get the entire structure in the frame.

A peephole in the shape of a fruit.  Interesting design for the times.

A majestic villa inside the compound.  One item I recall from the tour, there weren't banks  per se at that time in Taiwan so the Lin family would bury their money at various locations around their compound.  I assume all that fortune has been recovered?

Still at the Lin Family site, some pictures of the small pond in the middle complete with Lotus plants.  A very calming environment indeed.