The Milpitas City Council unanimously approved naming a 4-acre park after a group of Filipino farmworkers who led a strike for better wages and working…
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Delano Manongs Park will be the first park in San Jose to honor Filipino-Americans after the city council unanimously approved the naming during a meeting on Tuesday, April 13, according to CBS News.
“Our Filipino population in the city of San Jose has contributed greatly not only to the city, but to the country,” said Councilmember Magdalena Carrasco, who represents the district where the park is located. “To be able to recognize our Filipino ancestors in such a way is a great honor.”
The name honors thousands of Filipino farmworkers who organized and participated in the 1965 Delano Grape Strike in California’s Central Valley.