AAAB sends a letter supporting commemoration of Columbus Day

On October 11, 2021, Italian American organizations held a Columbus commemoration at Columbus Park in Boston’s North End after Acting Mayor Kim Janey’s order establishing Indigenous Peoples’ Day. AAAB Chair Edward Huang, Executive President Phillip Pan, and Co-Executive President Pinci Cao attended as allies of the Italian American Alliance. Chair Huang’s letter to Alliance President James Di Stefano stated support for keeping Columbus Day. The article prints that letter in full in the yearbook.

This is a contemporaneous press report. Wording of the quoted letter is kept as a historical quote.

Source: China-US Innovation Times, October 11, 2021. Author: Youping Wen.