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The museum was created by the San Jose-based nonprofit organization IRCC (Immigrant Resettlement & Cultural Center, Inc.), headed by Vũ Văn Lộc, a former colonel in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Planning for the Museum began in 1976, taking over 30 years to realize. It is believed to be the only museum in the world to exhibit ...
It is a hub for Silicon Valley's Vietnamese community and one of the largest Little Saigons in the world, [1] as San Jose has more Vietnamese residents than any city outside of Vietnam. [2] Vietnamese Americans and immigrants in San Jose make up ten percent of the city’s population and about eight percent of the county and South Bay Area.
Coyote Creek winds through much of the park, which is part of the larger Coyote Creek Park Chain in San Jose. Kelley Park encompasses other facilities such as: Happy Hollow Park & Zoo; Japanese Friendship Garden; History Park at Kelley Park (a.k.a. History San Jose), which itself includes: Portuguese Historical Museum; Viet Museum
Located in the Tenderloin district where 2,000 of the city's 13,000 Vietnamese-American residents live, the two-block stretch is more than 80% Vietnamese-owned. Unlike San Jose, with its larger ethnic Vietnamese population, the ethnic Chinese from Vietnam are well represented in San Francisco due to self-segregation.
The Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive collects and preserves the documentary record of the Vietnam War. The Vietnam Center and Archive, part of Texas Tech University , is the nation's largest and most comprehensive collection of information on the Vietnam War.
Dedicated in 1998 by Sen. John McCain and Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans‘ Memorial and the Vietnam Era Museum is the only one of its kind in the entire nation. The ...
History Park at Kelley Park, Willow Glen (south-central San Jose) Japanese American Museum of San Jose, San Jose; Little Italy San Jose, San Jose [6] Mexican Heritage Plaza, East San Jose; Museum of American Heritage, Palo Alto; New Almaden, Quicksilver Mining Museum; New Museum Los Gatos, Los Gatos; The HP Garage, Palo Alto; Los Altos History ...
The Museum of Aviation is hosting an event called Operation Homecoming on April 21 from 1–3:30 p.m. in Warner Robins that will feature former prisoners of war and their homecoming stories.