Filipino American History Month
October 02, 2017
October 02, 2017
JUNEAU, Alaska, Oct. 2 -- Gov. Bill Walker, R-Alaska, issued the following proclamation:
WHEREAS, the Filipino American community is the largest Asian American ethnic group in Alaska, and the largest immigrant group in Alaska; and
WHEREAS, the earliest documented evidence of Filipinos in the continental United States occurred in October 18, 1587, and Filipinos first reached Alaska's shores in 1788; and
WHEREAS, historical records show that the Filipino . . .
WHEREAS, the Filipino American community is the largest Asian American ethnic group in Alaska, and the largest immigrant group in Alaska; and
WHEREAS, the earliest documented evidence of Filipinos in the continental United States occurred in October 18, 1587, and Filipinos first reached Alaska's shores in 1788; and
WHEREAS, historical records show that the Filipino . . .