Message from yreynoso

[Anonymous]

It saddens me to learn that many brave Chinese young men were fighting in the Civil war and were not acknowledged properly in history. When teaching about historical events such as the Battle of Gettysburg, I will make sure my students will find information about the more than "50 Chinese combatants" who participated in the Gettysburg battle, and who according to historians, these individuals were "rewarded with exclusion and racial discriminated after the war ended". In addition to that, they were not compensated and had to accept miserable wages in order to survive.
A great project for my students will be the creation of biographical posters where students will display historical data about Joseph Pierce, Thomas Sylvanus, Ah Yee Way, John Tommy, an many others Chinese individuals who participated in the Civil war and performed heroic actions as young soldiers. Students will investigate, research, and present relevant information that will promote historical and civic awareness about this period in history.