Sue Lee

Corky was inspired by that story of Phil Choi being snubbed in 1969. I knew Corky, and he decided to go to Promontory in 2014 and recreate that historic photograph. but to fill it with Chinese people. So his efforts in educating the more recent immigrants in Utah about what happened at Promontory really was a catalyst to build up to the 2019 celebration to commemorate the Promontory Summit event.

Corky was inspired by that story of Phil Choi being snubbed in 1969. I knew Corky, and he decided to go to Promontory in 2014 and recreate that historic photograph. but to fill it with Chinese people. So his efforts in educating the more recent immigrants in Utah about what happened at Promontory really was a catalyst to build up to the 2019 celebration to commemorate the Promontory Summit event.

In 2014, there was an undersecretary named Christopher Liu, a Chinese-American who moved from the White House to the Department of Labor. So the Department of Labor internally, staff decided to place a plaque on their wall of honoring Chinese railroad workers. No individual names, but just the group of Chinese railroad workers.

In 2014, there was an undersecretary named Christopher Liu, a Chinese-American who moved from the White House to the Department of Labor. So the Department of Labor internally, staff decided to place a plaque on their wall of honoring Chinese railroad workers. No individual names, but just the group of Chinese railroad workers.

In 2014, there was an undersecretary named Christopher Liu, a Chinese-American who moved from the White House to the Department of Labor. So the Department of Labor internally, staff decided to place a plaque on their wall of honoring Chinese railroad workers. No individual names, but just the group of Chinese railroad workers.

What I did, what we did at the Chinese Historical Society was we put out the word to descendants to say, your ancestor is going to be honored at the Department of Labor. Can you be in D.C. at this time and be part of the ceremony? That was very moving and very emotional.

What I did, what we did at the Chinese Historical Society was we put out the word to descendants to say, your ancestor is going to be honored at the Department of Labor. Can you be in D.C. at this time and be part of the ceremony? That was very moving and very emotional.

What I did, what we did at the Chinese Historical Society was we put out the word to descendants to say, your ancestor is going to be honored at the Department of Labor. Can you be in D.C. at this time and be part of the ceremony? That was very moving and very emotional.

We interviewed descendants who showed up that day who were extremely moved and said, you know, this is the first time that there's been official government recognition of the labor of Chinese to building this country.

We interviewed descendants who showed up that day who were extremely moved and said, you know, this is the first time that there's been official government recognition of the labor of Chinese to building this country.

We interviewed descendants who showed up that day who were extremely moved and said, you know, this is the first time that there's been official government recognition of the labor of Chinese to building this country.

I'm a wannabe Chinese railroad descendant because the railroad is one of the cornerstones of Chinese American immigration here. There's the railroad and there's the gold rush. I'm a third generation Chinese American, but my grandfather came in 1915. And so I don't have that connection. So that's always been something that I've been envious of. And to see Connie actually walk across that stage...

I'm a wannabe Chinese railroad descendant because the railroad is one of the cornerstones of Chinese American immigration here. There's the railroad and there's the gold rush. I'm a third generation Chinese American, but my grandfather came in 1915. And so I don't have that connection. So that's always been something that I've been envious of. And to see Connie actually walk across that stage...

I'm a wannabe Chinese railroad descendant because the railroad is one of the cornerstones of Chinese American immigration here. There's the railroad and there's the gold rush. I'm a third generation Chinese American, but my grandfather came in 1915. And so I don't have that connection. So that's always been something that I've been envious of. And to see Connie actually walk across that stage...

In front of the estimated 25,000, 30,000 people who were at Promontory, it was really emotional. It's like, dang, you know, we did it. We're finally able to have our say and to say it in our own words.

In front of the estimated 25,000, 30,000 people who were at Promontory, it was really emotional. It's like, dang, you know, we did it. We're finally able to have our say and to say it in our own words.

In front of the estimated 25,000, 30,000 people who were at Promontory, it was really emotional. It's like, dang, you know, we did it. We're finally able to have our say and to say it in our own words.

Well, there's an ongoing effort to place the Summit Tunnel Camp on the National Register of Historic Places. And that application has been making its way through the bureaucracy for the last several years. And it's in its final stages of becoming approved. So it'll become a National Historic Landmark.

Well, there's an ongoing effort to place the Summit Tunnel Camp on the National Register of Historic Places. And that application has been making its way through the bureaucracy for the last several years. And it's in its final stages of becoming approved. So it'll become a National Historic Landmark.

Well, there's an ongoing effort to place the Summit Tunnel Camp on the National Register of Historic Places. And that application has been making its way through the bureaucracy for the last several years. And it's in its final stages of becoming approved. So it'll become a National Historic Landmark.