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2009, Filipino American History Month is recognized in California. [154] Steve Austria becomes "the first, first-generation Filipino to be elected to the United States Congress." [129] [155] Mona Pasquil becomes first Filipino American, and first Asian American, lieutenant governor of California. [156]
Several celebrations across California — from a solidarity march in Poplar on Saturday to a new exhibit at the Filipino American National History Society Museum in Stockton — are paying ...
Under the leadership of Fred Cordova, FANHS established Filipino American History Month (FAHM) in 1992. [4] Since then, FAHM has been recognized by several states including New York, [5] California, [6] Hawaii, [7] Minnesota, [8] and Arkansas. [9] In 2009, the U.S. Senate and Congress proclaimed October as Filipino-American History Month. [10]
Historic Filipinotown (alternately known as HiFi [1]) is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles.. In 2008, it was one of the five Asian Pacific Islander neighborhoods (Chinatown, Little Tokyo, Historic Filipinotown, Koreatown, and Thai Town) in the city that received federal recognition as a Preserve America neighborhood.
A landmark arch expected to debut later this year in Los Angeles' Historic Filipinotown district will honor Filipino American health care workers, who have had an outsize impact on California's ...
The 1587 event marks the first documented instance of Asians in what is now California, [33] or anywhere in what is now the United States, [4] [34] North America, [35] the Americas. [36] The landing of the first Filipinos at Morro Bay, which occurred 33 years before the events at Plymouth Rock, [b] is often overlooked, even by Filipino ...
During this time, the United States was heavily involved in the Philippines, with the Philippine–American War (1899-1902) and the American colonization of the Philippines (1898-1946). Typically, manong were recruited from the Philippines to perform low-wage agricultural work in California , Hawaii , and Alaska .
In California and Hawaii, where many Filipino Americans reside, [4] Filipino American History Month is celebrated annually. [5] Many Filipino American organizations in these states often initiate their own independent celebrations. 2006 was a pivotal year as it marked the centennial celebration of Filipino migration to the United States. [6] [7]