FANHS Stockton
PO Box 4616
Stockton CA 95204
StocktonFANHS@aol.com
(209) 462-3489
(209) 956-1728
© FANHS Stockton 2001
Welcome to the Stockton Chapter of the
FILIPINO AMERICAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY (FANHS)
Stockton Chapter #12
PO BOX 4616, Stockton, CA 95204, (209) 462-3489
e-mail: StocktonFANHS@aol.com
BRIEF BACKGROUND
- FANHS founded on November 26, 1982 in Seattle, WA by Fred Cordova and Dorothy Laigo Cordova
- Chartered January 7, 1985 by the State of Washington
- First Board of Trustees elected on November 1, 1986 with 27 members from 12 U.S. states
- Stockton Chapter chartered November 21, 1992, one of 28 chapters nationwide
CURRENT CHAPTER OFFICERS for January 2008 to December 2009:
President -- Anita Navalta Bautista
Vice President -- Mel LaGasca
Secretary -- Leatrice Perez/Violet Juanitas Dutra
Treasurer -- Terri Torres
Past Presidents:
2006-2007 -- Terri Torres
2004-2005 -- Melvin LaGasca
2002-2003 -- Terri Torres
2000-2001 -- Richard Tenaza
1992-1999 -- Frank Acoba
FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY
In 1763, Filipino seamen established a settlement in what now is known as Louisiana. The Spanish American War made American "nationals" of Filipinos and from the early 1900's through 1935, they were free to enter the United States as long as they had the price of a boat ticket.
Waiting to be told are the stories of the descendants of those "Spanish colonial" seamen, early workers in sugar plantations of Hawaii, men who served in the U.S. Navy since World War I, women who came in the 1920s and 1930s, ambitious and aspiring college students, eager young workers who toiled in canneries in Alaska, farms in California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, and Montana, the railroads, kitchens and restaurants, as postal workers or houseboys, the American-born second generation of pre-World War II days, war brides, and countless others who constitute the subsequent groups of immigrants from the Philippines.
Stories of the Depression, riots, and discrimination, vignettes of dance halls, gambling and other "leisure time" activities, the lodges, churches and organized Filipino communities, the process of acculturation, and the value of family are some of the information FANHS will collect and share.
Please use the links at the left to enter and check out our chapter!
Please sign our guestbook and tell us what you think! (2/05)
[We now have to approve all submissions due to spammers]
View my old guestbook dating from 1998 to Jan. 2003, or view entries from 2003 to Feb. 2005, or 2005 through 2006.
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You will also get a $6.95 discount on your order (equivalent of UPS Ground shipping flat rate) So shop now and raise money for a great educational and cultural project!
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© FANHS Stockton 2001, last updated April 2009
