New York's Veterans Day Parade Steps Off Down Fifth Avenue at 12:30 p.m. on November 11: In Manhattan Chinatown, Kimlau Square Memorializes Americans of Chinese Ancestry Who Died in Service
The 107th New York City Veterans Day Parade, known as America's Parade and organized by the United War Veterans Council, stepped off down Fifth Avenue at 12:30 p.m. on November 11 and was expected to last until about 3:30 p.m. Before the parade, many visitors stopped first at Kimlau Square in Manhattan Chinatown, where a granite memorial arch honors Americans of Chinese ancestry who served the United States.
The arch stands in Kimlau Square, at Chatham Square in Manhattan Chinatown, where East Broadway, Oliver Street and the Bowery meet. Its English inscription reads, "In memory of the Americans of Chinese ancestry who lost their lives in defense of freedom and democracy." The square and memorial take their name from Lieutenant Benjamin Ralph Kimlau, a United States Army Air Forces bomber pilot from New York who flew B-24 Liberators with the 380th Bombardment Group in the Pacific. The Museum of Chinese in America tells his story, and New York City Parks maintains the square.
Returning veterans established the American Legion Lt. B.R. Kimlau Chinese Memorial Post 1291 in 1944 in his honor. The post is still in Chinatown, at 191-193 Canal Street, and remains a neighborhood veterans home.
An estimated 20,000 Chinese Americans served in the United States armed forces during World War II, in every branch and every theater, according to VA News. Congress enacted the Chinese-American World War II Veteran Congressional Gold Medal Act, Public Law 115-337, on December 20, 2018.
Source: United War Veterans Council
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Photo: 图：纽约曼哈顿唐人街金流广场与金流纪念牌坊。图中是唐人街金流广场的纪念牌坊与广场一角。 英文标题：New York's Veterans Day Parade Steps Off Down Fifth Avenue at 12:30 p.m. on November 11: In Manhattan Chinatown, Kimlau Square Memorializes Americans of Chinese Ancestry Who Died in Service 英文全文： The 107th New York City Veterans Day Parade, known as America's Parade and organized by the United War Veterans Council, stepped off down Fifth Avenue at 12:30 p.m. on November 11 and was expected to last until about 3:30 p.m. Before the parade, many visitors stopped first at Kimlau Square in Manhattan Chinatown, where a granite memorial arch honors Americans of Chinese ancestry who served the United States. The arch stands in Kimlau Square, at Chatham Square in Manhattan Chinatown, where East Broadway, Oliver Street and the Bowery meet. Its English inscription reads, "In memory of the Americans of Chinese ancestry who lost their lives in defense of freedom and democracy." The square and memorial take their name from Lieutenant Benjamin Ralph Kimlau, a United States Army Air Forces bomber pilot from New York who flew B-24 Liberators with the 380th Bombardment Group in the Pacific. The Museum of Chinese in America tells his story, and New York City Parks maintains the square. Returning veterans established the American Legion Lt. B.R. Kimlau Chinese Memorial Post 1291 in 1944 in his honor. The post is still in Chinatown, at 191-193 Canal Street, and remains a neighborhood veterans home. An estimated 20,000 Chinese Americans served in the United States armed forces during World War II, in every branch and every theater, according to VA News. Congress enacted the Chinese-American World War II Veteran Congressional Gold Medal Act, Public Law 115-337, on December 20, 2018.。Clyde Charles Brown，CC BY-SA 4.0，经Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: file photo. Clyde Charles Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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