ASIAN
PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
In June 1977, Representatives Frank Horton of New York
and Norman Y. Mineta of California introduced a House resolution that called upon the President
to proclaim the first ten days of May as Asian/Pacific Heritage Week. The following month, senators
Daniel Inouye and Spark Matsunaga introduced a similar bill in the Senate. Both were passed.
On October 5, 1978,
President Jimmy Carter signed a Joint Resolution designating the annual celebration.
In May 1990, President George H. W. Bush designated the entire month of May to be Asian
Pacific American Heritage Month.
The month of May was chosen to commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese to the United States on May 7,
1843, and to mark the anniversary of the completion of the mainly Chinese built transcontinental railroad on May 10,
1869.
In 2004, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom issued the first mayoral proclamation for
Asian Pacific Heritage month.
This year the AsianWeek Foundation, working with more than 50 other community groups representing over 500,000 members and
associates in the San Francisco area, have come together to produce the Second Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration on
May 20, 2006 located on Irving St. between 20th and 25th Avenues in San Francisco.
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