NEILLSVILLE, Wis. (WSAW) - The Highground Veterans Memorial Park in Neillsville is a space that honors veterans year-round. A Hmong-Lao Veterans Day ceremony is on their calendar every year. People at ...
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - This week, the community is celebrating Hmong Business Week. It’s happening along with the 50th anniversary of Hmong soldiers escaping Laos and resettling in Wisconsin. Green ...
A Lao-Hmong memorial set to be built in a Westminster park is not happening after nearly 20 years of planning.
Veterans Freedom Park on French Island will be getting a makeover at 11 a.m. Saturday when it adds its fourth statue and memorial to honor Hmong soldiers who fought for freedom during the Vietnam War.
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - Flags will fly at half-staff on Wednesday in honor of Hmong-Lao Veterans Day, Gov. Tony Evers’ Office announced on Monday. The governor proclaimed May 14 as Hmong-Lao Veterans ...
As one expert told the New York Times, “The U.S. put the Hmong into this meat grinder, mostly to save U.S. soldiers from fighting and dying there.” America’s involvement in the “secret war” came as a ...
What would be a typical night at a Milpitas home has become a sort of gathering space for some Hmong Americans who call the Bay Area home. “I live in San Jose, I’ve been living here since 1990,” Patti ...
Hmong American Peace Academy, or HAPA, opened in 2004. Hmong history and culture isn’t just a subject at the Milwaukee school. Wisconsin has the third-biggest Hmong population of any state in the ...
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APPLETON - A bipartisan bill requiring Wisconsin public schools to teach Hmong American and Asian American history was signed into law April 4. However, schools at the local level have been including ...
The Twin Cities is home to the largest urban Hmong population in the country. The Hmong were drawn to Minnesota by job opportunities, access to welfare and public housing, social services and the ...