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> Float was sponsored by the Chinese Historiical
> Associant.with UP as a co-sponsor. They mus have
> contracted with Amtrak for the powers !Chinese
> American Foundation's Rose Parade Float
> Commemorates 150th Anniversary of Transcontinental
> RailroadPublished : Wednesday, October 3, 2018 |
> 4:59 AM
> [pasadenanow.com]
> 8/10/image.pngThe Chinese American Heritage
> Foundation (CAHF), a community-driven organization
> in Boston, Massachusetts that promotes the
> recognition and appreciation of the historical
> contributions made by Chinese-Americans to the
> United States, is fielding a “Harmony Through
> Union” float for the 2019 Rose Parade in
> Pasadena.With the project, CAHF becomes the first
> Chinese American non-profit organization to
> sponsor a Rose Parade float since the Tournament
> of Roses began in Pasadena in 1890, a CAHF
> statement said.The Foundation said the float will
> present a dynamic reenactment of the momentous
> event when the Transcontinental Railroad was
> completed on May 10, 1869.Next year marks the
> sesquicentennial (150th) anniversary of the
> completion of the railroad which linked the east
> and west coasts of America, providing
> infrastructure that united the nation
> geographically, economically, historically, and
> symbolically following the Civil War.President
> Abraham Lincoln effectively used the capital
> project of the Transcontinental Railroad as a way
> to bring the country together, with former
> Confederate soldiers working alongside former
> slaves, and immigrants of Irish, German, and Greek
> descent working in concert with Chinese
> laborers.The perseverant and tenacious workforce
> was composed of over 14,000 Chinese railroad
> workers, with 80 percent of those on the Central
> Pacific Railroad hailing originally from the Pearl
> River Delta in China.Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
> is joining CAHF as the foundation’s Golden Spike
> sponsor of the Rose Parade float. For 155 years,
> UP has focused on the important connection between
> rail transportation and our nation’s strong
> economy, while honoring the generations that
> preceded us and providing promise for the
> generations to come.“Union Pacific is honored to
> partner with the Chinese American Heritage
> Foundation as this year’s Golden Spike sponsor of
> the Rose Parade float,” Scott Moore, Union
> Pacific’s senior vice president of Corporate
> Relations and chief administrative officer, said.
> “The railroad linked the country and formed our
> nation’s backbone, building communities along the
> way and uniting a nation. Chinese laborers and
> immigrants were instrumental in the work necessary
> to achieve the monumental task of completing the
> Transcontinental Railroad.”Esther Zee Lee, Chair
> of the Board of Directors for CAHF, said their
> float will draw international attention to
> recognizing the contributions of immigrants in
> building America.“Immigrant contributions are not
> widely taught in our history books or discussed in
> our culture. So we hope to shine more light to the
> role of immigrants in uniting and building our
> country,” Lee said.The family of Esther Lee’s
> husband, Wilson Lee, immigrated in 1865 to work on
> the railroad. The CAHF said it was Wilson Lee’s
> family history that originally sparked the concept
> for the Harmony Through Union project that has
> been 10 years in the making.Representatives and
> descendants of the Transcontinental Railroad
> workers will ride aboard the float, while
> celebratory Chinese lion dancers herald the float
> along the parade route. An original musical anthem
> will provide a soundtrack to complement the Rose
> Parade theme, “The Melody of Life.”Composer and
> innovator Blythe Abigail Su-Ren Schulte, a
> performance artist of Chinese and German descent,
> will debut her new song “Out of Many, One” during
> the float’s journey down the streets of Pasadena
> on New Year’s Day. The song will be released as a
> single following the parade and made available via
> iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, and other digital
> streaming services.The Foundation said its Harmony
> Through Union float will also represent the whole
> Harmony Through Union project that encourages
> inclusion of the role of Chinese laborers in the
> educational curriculum for grades K-5, and
> distribution of information to public and private
> schools and nonprofit learning centers under a
> yearlong program called We Built
> America.Award-winning Fiesta Parade Floats, the
> longest-tenured official builder in the Rose
> Parade, is CAHF’s partner in float production.For
> additional information about the CAHF and its
> programs, visit www.cahf.us. The CAHF also
> encourages support for its Rose Parade float
> through a GoFundMe campaign, accessible through
> www.gofundme.com/harmony-through-union.“We are
> inviting all Americans to be a part of the rich
> history of the Transcontinental Railroad and its
> place in the development of our great nation,”
> wrote Esther Lee. “Your donation will help us
> build and decorate the float which will glide down
> the parade route on New Year’s Day 2019.”