HomeMy WebLinkAboutVietnamese Heritage Day - April 2023"Vietnamese Heritage Day"
April 29, 2023
WHEREAS, after the fall of Saigon in 1975, thousands of Vietnamese refugees fled their
country in fear of the Vietnamese government campaign of retribution and political and
religious persecution; and
WHEREAS, many of these Vietnamese refugees are now Vietnamese -Americans who have chosen
to make Pasco as their home and as a result, contribute to the economic and cultural diversity of our
community; and
WHEREAS, the vast majority of Pasco's Vietnamese -Americans remember their heritage by
celebrating the history, culture, and the Founding Fathers of Vietnam on the tenth day of the third month
of the Lunar Calendar and by embracing the yellow flag with three red stripes, also known as the
Vietnamese Heritage and Freedom Flag, as the symbol of the Vietnamese -American community;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Blanche Barajas, Mayor of the City of Pasco, Washington, do
hereby proclaim April 29, 2023 as
"Vietnamese Heritage Day"
in Pasco and encourage all citizens to celebrate the cultural diversity of the Vietnamese -American
heritage and recognize that the Vietnamese Heritage and Freedom Flag also honors the contributions and
sacrifices of thousands of Veterans of the Vietnam War.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Official Seal of the City of
Pasco, State of Washington, to be affixed this 24th day of March 2023.
Blanche Barajas, Mayor
City of Pasco