AAPI Heritage

The Golden Gate Bridge as seen from China Beach.
San Francisco’s China Beach: The Eras Tour

China Beach, the small, sandy cove nestled between Baker Beach and Lands End, isn’t just a hidden gem, it’s a prized jewel.

Paolo Asuncion and Mike Arcega with TNT Traysikel
Something to sing about: TNT Traysikel crosses the Golden Gate Bridge!

TNT Traysikel made history and worldwide news when it crossed the Golden Gate Bridge earlier this year, reportedly becoming the first Filipino traysikel to cross the famed bridge. 

Golden Gate Bridge at Night from Marin looking towards San Francisco.
A family history in the light of the Golden Gate Bridge

Fong Bing Wah, or Wallace B. Fong, was a San Franciscan and Chinese-American engineer with a unique link to the lights of the Golden Gate Bridge. He was also the grandfather of Katherine Toy, our Executive Vice President of Partnerships and Programs. 

Buffalo Soldiers
Sites of Conscience: What we can learn from the GGNRA’s history of resistance

In this moment and as we continue forward, it’s important to acknowledge the racist history on these lands so that we can learn from it and overcome it. 

National Park Service Ranger Todd Hisaichi at Muir Woods National Monument.
Big 'plunge' helped Muir Woods ranger realize his park dream

To get his dream job, Todd Hisaichi had to make a choice most people don’t have to make: He had to give up his original citizenship.

Ai Weiwei, Trace 2014 (New Industries Building, Alcatraz)
@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz

Presented by the FOR-SITE Foundation, in partnership with the National Park Service and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei brought his works to Alcatraz Island until spring of 2015.

Information about the Japanese internment at the Presidio
Exhibition Examines Presidio’s Role in Mass Incarceration of Japanese Americans

During Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month (May), the parks celebrate the community’s contributions—and remember its darkest hours. “Exclusion”—a new exhibition at the Presidio Officers’ Club—looks at the Presidio’s role in the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II…75 years since FDR’s infamous Executive Order 9066.

Studying at the MIS school in December 1941
The Secret School on Crissy Field in World War II

In honor of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month in May, learn the legacy of Japanese Americans who fought for their country—while their families were incarcerated by their government. And discover the unassuming building—rebuilt along Crissy Field—where they trained at a top-secret school.

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