Asian heritage month is celebrated

Throughout the month of May, the nation is celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AANHPI). The observance, which takes place every year, honors the contributions to US history and culture made by people who are descended from the continent of Asia and the Pacific Islands of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. In 1977, Congress (branch of government that makes laws) introduced a bill to declare the first week of May to be Pacific/Asian American Heritage Week, and the first observance was held in 1979. May was declared Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month by Congress in 1992. In 2021, a Presidential proclamation changed the name to include Native Hawaiians. May was chosen for the timing because of two historical events. In May 1843, the first Japanese immigrants arrived in…

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