Showing posts with label #FilipinoAmericanHistory. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #FilipinoAmericanHistory. Show all posts
Sunday, April 10, 2016

Legacy of the "Battling Bastards of Bataan"

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The plaque honoring my father, along with similar plaques for the other survivors of Bataan, hang in a San Francisco Bay Area Filipino-...
Thursday, December 31, 2015

Post on the St. Louis World Fair and the Igorots became one of best read stories

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E DITORS at AsAm News were surprised that a story about the Philippines exhibit at the 1904 St. Louis Worlds Fair became the secon...
Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Filipino History Month: A parting shot -- 34 famous and should-be famous Filipino/Americans

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Dreamscape Studio Photography /   dreamscapestudio.net  / Via Courtesy of Kevin Nadal    Front row (sitting, from left): Kevin Nadal, Ay...
Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Celebration of the 50th anniversary of Delano grape strike this Labor Day weekend.

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Filipino/American labor leader Larry Itliong, left, and Cesar Chavez, right, joined forces. T HE MOMENTOUS SIGNIFICANCE OF THE Gr...
Friday, August 14, 2015

Mae Cendana Torlakson might make some history as the first Filipina elected to the State Assembly

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Mae Cendana Torlakson is running for the California Assembly, 14th District. M AE CENDANA TORLAKSON could make history if she is electe...
Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Two Filipino Americans vie for same Emmy; "Delano Manongs" nominated

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Darren Criss also had an acting role in Glee. I T IS NOT OFTEN that Asian Americans get nominated for the 67th Emmy awards but this yea...
Sunday, July 19, 2015

History repeats itself; judge's son appointed to California bench

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T ALK ABOUT the nut not falling far from the tree; a son following in his father's footsteps; like father, like son. Pick any number o...
Thursday, July 16, 2015

President Obama opens the door for WWII Filipino veterans' families

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Atomazul The long fight for justice for the Filipino veterans became a cause celebre' that spanned generations. T HOUSANDS of F...
Monday, July 6, 2015

California governor signs Assemblyman Bonta's bill for Larry Itliong Day

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Larry Itliong O N OCT. 25, California's school children will hear about Filipino American labor leader Larry Itliong. California...
Friday, April 24, 2015

Larry Itliong Day passed by California Assembly

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Larry Itliong, an unsung hero of the labor movement, described himself: "I'm a mean son of a bitch." O NE OF THE UNSUNG he...
Thursday, September 11, 2014

Gen. Antonio Taguba: The forgotten victim of 9/11

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Major General Antonio Taguba was forced to retire. S EPTEMBER 11 is a date that forever changed America.  For Major General Antonio Ta...