Asian-Pacific Heritage
Angel Island
Now a state park, Angel Island in San Francisco Bay once served as an immigration station (1910-40) trough which approximately one million people were processed, including 250,000 Chinese and 150,000 Japanese immigrants.
Now a state park, Angel Island in San Francisco Bay once served as an immigration station (1910-40) trough which approximately one million people were processed, including 250,000 Chinese and 150,000 Japanese immigrants.
Asian-Pacific Heritage Month
National Register of Historic Places recognizes some of the historical contributions of Asian and Pacific peoples in the United States.
National Register of Historic Places recognizes some of the historical contributions of Asian and Pacific peoples in the United States.
Golden Spike National Historic Site
Site of the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S., where the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads met in 1869. The Central Pacific included more than 10,000 Chinese laborers, who had built the line east from Sacramento, California.
Site of the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S., where the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads met in 1869. The Central Pacific included more than 10,000 Chinese laborers, who had built the line east from Sacramento, California.
Kalaupapa National Historical Park
Includes site of the Molokai Island Hansen's disease (leprosy) settlement (1886-1969), areas relating to early Hawaiian settlement, and scenic and geological resources.
Includes site of the Molokai Island Hansen's disease (leprosy) settlement (1886-1969), areas relating to early Hawaiian settlement, and scenic and geological resources.
Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
Site of an ancient Hawaiian settlement which encompasses portions of four different traditional sea to mountain land divisions.
Site of an ancient Hawaiian settlement which encompasses portions of four different traditional sea to mountain land divisions.
Locke and Walnut Grove: Havens for Early Immigrants in California
The National Park Service's Teaching with Historic Places Program traces the experience of early Asian immigrants and the obstacles they encountered as they struggled to make a living and find a place in American society. Manzanar National Historic Site Best preserved of ten camps at which Japanese American citizens and Japanese aliens were interned during World War II.
The National Park Service's Teaching with Historic Places Program traces the experience of early Asian immigrants and the obstacles they encountered as they struggled to make a living and find a place in American society. Manzanar National Historic Site Best preserved of ten camps at which Japanese American citizens and Japanese aliens were interned during World War II.
Manzanar National Historic Site
This eastern California site is the best preserved of ten Japanese-American internment camps used during World War II. It is now a unit of the National Park Service.
This eastern California site is the best preserved of ten Japanese-American internment camps used during World War II. It is now a unit of the National Park Service.
Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park
Until 1819, vanquished Hawaiian warriors, noncombatants, and kapu breakers could escape death by reaching this sacred ground.
Until 1819, vanquished Hawaiian warriors, noncombatants, and kapu breakers could escape death by reaching this sacred ground.
Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site
Preserves ruins of Pu'ukohola Heiau ("Temple on the hill of the whale"), built by King Kamehameha the Great during the period of his ascendancy to power.
Preserves ruins of Pu'ukohola Heiau ("Temple on the hill of the whale"), built by King Kamehameha the Great during the period of his ascendancy to power.
Remembering Pearl Harbor - The USS Arizona
The National Park Service's Teaching with Historic Places Program traces the course of the Japanese surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, and considers the significance of the sunken USS Arizona as a war memorial.
The National Park Service's Teaching with Historic Places Program traces the course of the Japanese surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, and considers the significance of the sunken USS Arizona as a war memorial.
Smithsonian: Asian Pacific American History and Culture
Includes selected links to sites hosted by Smithsonian Institution museums and organizations, including the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Studies program.
Includes selected links to sites hosted by Smithsonian Institution museums and organizations, including the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Studies program.
USS Arizona National Memorial
This 184-foot-long floating memorial marks the spot where the USS Arizona was sunk in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, during the Japanese attack.
This 184-foot-long floating memorial marks the spot where the USS Arizona was sunk in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, during the Japanese attack.
War in the Pacific National Historical Park
Interprets events in the Pacific theater of World War II and includes major historic sites associated with the 1944 battle for Guam.
Interprets events in the Pacific theater of World War II and includes major historic sites associated with the 1944 battle for Guam.