Memorial Day is 160 days away. With a newly elected governor, cabinet and legislative body ready to take on the challenges that lay ahead for Connecticut, and with an accompanying hopeful look to the new year, will this coming Memorial Day bring finally the recognition and honor that our Connecticut Veterans of the Philippine War, 1899-1902 deserve?
Sylvester Salcedo
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What country was Cesar Sayoc, Jr. fighting with pipe bombs to take back?
October came and went without much fuss in Connecticut if you looked through the peephole of Filipino-American History Month observed by the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) in Seattle since 1991 and officially recognized by the U.S. Congress in a resolution in 2009. Who knew? And actually, who cares and who needs to know about Filipino-American history here in Connecticut? But wait, last month a ginormous news story, by the seat of your pants captivating, all-consuming, gotta watch 24-hour cable news channels, sent many in the Filipino-American (Fil-Am) community around the country running for cover.
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The Bells of Balangiga are going home!
The Bells of Balangiga are going home!** The announcement by Secretary of Defense Mattis about the bells last Friday, on the eve of the last weekend before the most exciting statewide primary elections in some time, was overshadowed by last minute local campaign media blitz and political punditry.
All across Connecticut, chances are you never heard or read about this news, and if you saw it, you probably could have cared even less about it.
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Criticisms of the kneeling protest are ‘hollow, self-serving, gratuitous’
The continuous unfolding news accounts of Haddam Selectwoman Melissa Schlag and her exercise of free speech rights by taking a knee on July 16 and kneeling on both knees at (the July 30) Monday’s Board of Selectmen fortnightly meetings have drawn the attention of the state and nation, with a mix of ire and support by local residents and veterans as her actions were vilified loudly by political campaigners for statewide office, and later with an additional pile on by other candidates.