Posted on 4:20 am, Thursday, May 1, 2014. Tags: american, asian, census, pacific islander
In 1978, a joint congressional resolution established Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week. The first 10 days of May were chosen to coincide with two important milestones in Asian/Pacific American history: the arrival in the United States of the first Japanese immigrants (May 7, 1843) and contributions of Chinese workers to the building of the transcontinental railroad, […]
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Posted on 12:01 am, Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Tags: american, asian, census, pacific islander
In 1978, a joint congressional resolution established Asian/Pacific American Heritage Week. The first 10 days of May were chosen to coincide with two important milestones in Asian/Pacific American history: the arrival in the United States of the first Japanese immigrants (May 7, 1843)
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Posted in Education, News
Posted on 9:30 am, Sunday, November 1, 2009. Tags: alaskan, american, census bureau, native
The first American Indian Day was celebrated in May 1916 in New York. Red Fox James, a Blackfeet Indian, rode horseback from state to state, getting endorsements from 24 state governments, to have a day to honor American Indians. In 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed a joint congressional resolution designating November 1990 as “National […]
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Posted on 12:54 am, Friday, July 17, 2009. Tags: american, holua, keauhou, kona, philippine, Tennis, tournament
MEDIA RELEASE The Kona Visayan Club (KVC) will host the 3rd Annual Philippine American Friendship Doubles Tennis Tournament on July 25- 26, 2009 at the Holua Tennis Center at Mauna Loa Village. The event categories of the tournament are recreational, men’s, women’s and mixed doubles. Trophies and champion T-shirts will be awarded to the winners […]
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Posted in Sports, Tennis