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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

History of Asian History Month

May 9, 2015 by Archived posts 146 Comments

By Pauline Fontanaud |Staff Writer| May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. It’s the celebration of Asian and Pacific Islander heritage in the United States. The month-long celebration recognizes the achievements and contributions of Asian Americans to the cultural heritage of the United States. Asian-Pacific includes all of the Asian continents and Pacific islands of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia. President Jimmy Carter signed a Joint Resolution declaring the first ten days of May as Asian-Pacific Heritage Week in 1978. In 1990, President George W. Bush signed a bill to extend the Asian-American Heritage week to a month. Two years later, Congress officially … [Read more...] about History of Asian History Month

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Asian, Asian American, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Celebration, Heritage Month, May, Pacific, Pacific Islanders, Pauline Fontanaud

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