As mayor of Kaohsiung, Frank Hsieh has helped to refresh people's memories of the incident. He had relevant documents exhibited at the Kaohsiung History Museum, a replica made of the "democracy truck" used during the original protests, and memorial activities held at the traffic circle on Chungshan and Chungcheng roads, where the demonstration occurred.
現任高雄市長的謝長廷即就地「重演」美麗島事件，在高雄市歷史博物館展出美麗島事件相關的文物與圖片，並且模仿當年裝備的活動宣傳車「民主戰車」，以及在當年發生衝突的現場──中山、中正路圓環舉辦「重回美麗島現場」等活動。