PRINTER'S NO. 1088
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
95
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY KIM, KHAN, VENKAT, ISAACSON, HOWARD, BURGOS,
SCHLOSSBERG, WEBSTER, N. NELSON, HILL-EVANS, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ,
GUENST, VITALI, SAPPEY, MALAGARI, SANCHEZ, BRENNAN, MADDEN,
FLICK, SOLOMON, T. DAVIS, DELLOSO, FREEMAN, ROZZI, SAMUELSON,
HANBIDGE, BOROWSKI, PROBST, DEASY, NEILSON, CIRESI, MAYES,
WARREN, SHUSTERMAN AND O'MARA, APRIL 28, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 28, 2023
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of May 2023 as "Asian-American and Pacific
Islander Heritage Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The month of May is significant in Asian-American
and Pacific Islander history, as it commemorates the arrival of
the first Japanese immigrant, a 14-year-old boy named Manjiro,
to the United States on May 7, 1843; and
WHEREAS, In 1992, the Congress of the United States honored
Manjiro's arrival by establishing May as "Asian-American and
Pacific Islander Heritage Month" in the United States; and
WHEREAS, The first transcontinental railroad was completed on
May 10, 1869, with the aid of 15,000 to 20,000 Chinese
immigrants, whose labor was vital in paving the way to the
American West; and
WHEREAS, More than 600,000 individuals in this Commonwealth
can trace their roots to Asia and the islands of the Pacific;
and
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