https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/musings daily 0.75 2025-12-22 https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/musings/blog-post-title-three-haped monthly 0.5 2026-02-27 https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/musings/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-to-send-henry-lang-to-the-hall-of-fame monthly 0.5 2025-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/a264f15d-a5cc-4377-8949-ffc5aa62ef50/HOF.jpg Musings - All I Want For Christmas …is to Send Henry Lang to the HALL OF FAME - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/94915461-b6fb-4554-a9e3-031c46c2b43b/2.-Hiroshi-Hiraoka-middle-row-center-on-the-Shimbashi-Athletic-Club-in-1878.-Photo-courtesy-of-the-Japanese-Baseba.jpg Musings - All I Want For Christmas …is to Send Henry Lang to the HALL OF FAME - Make it stand out Shimbashi Athletic Club, 1878 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/3e625714-c8a8-4007-a624-1f3bf62bea57/1881+Phillips+Academy+Baseball+Team+-Liang+Cheng+right.jpg Musings - All I Want For Christmas …is to Send Henry Lang to the HALL OF FAME - Make it stand out Phillips Academy - Andover Baseball Team. 1881 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/59c5aca8-2e45-4934-b8e0-ca75deb25ded/Wong+Kai+Kah-Orientals+Baseball.jpg Musings - All I Want For Christmas …is to Send Henry Lang to the HALL OF FAME - Make it stand out The “Orientals” baseball team in front of the Chinese Educational Mission. 1878 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/45fd332c-c07f-4b7b-a449-24459a6ce598/Tri_County_Independent_1919_05_16_12.jpg Musings - All I Want For Christmas …is to Send Henry Lang to the HALL OF FAME - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/9352fe4c-ee8b-472c-b4e6-e1044e19f96e/MadisonElementaryBaseballTeam+-1928-Enlarged.jpg Musings - All I Want For Christmas …is to Send Henry Lang to the HALL OF FAME - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/b8b4c3c7-1066-45dc-9087-8335e46d9ae3/SHSMO-VanishingMissouriPhotoCollection-10.09.1938.jpg Musings - All I Want For Christmas …is to Send Henry Lang to the HALL OF FAME - Make it stand out Ref: SHSMO Photo, circa 1938 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/20eda72f-e8b9-4b5c-9c4a-31248c3fc679/Chinese+School+Here+For+Chinese+Students+-+HopLeong+-+St_Louis_Post_Dispatch_1924_04_11_Page_3+%281%29.jpg Musings - All I Want For Christmas …is to Send Henry Lang to the HALL OF FAME - Make it stand out Ref: School for Chinese (St. Louis Post Dispatch, April 11, 1924) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/1e5c7a15-9d57-4035-b509-47c34ff58574/St_Louis_Post_Dispatch_1928_10_23_Page_41.jpg Musings - All I Want For Christmas …is to Send Henry Lang to the HALL OF FAME - Make it stand out Ref: Madison School (St. Louis Post Dispatch, October 23, 1928) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/42ff27e7-5a87-42c9-aeff-cc8e1dbe6a53/MadisonElementarySpecialClass-1927.jpg Musings - All I Want For Christmas …is to Send Henry Lang to the HALL OF FAME - Make it stand out Ref: Madison School – Special Class, circa 1927 (Missouri Historical Society) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/3e0e0a5d-d306-4b25-a100-daa0b98f9e49/MadisonElementaryClassroom.jpg Musings - All I Want For Christmas …is to Send Henry Lang to the HALL OF FAME - Make it stand out Ref: Madison School – Integrated Elementary Classroom, circa 1927 (Missouri Historical Society) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/1fcf8713-501e-40b7-b64f-13784e2986c9/Bill+Doak.jpg Musings - All I Want For Christmas …is to Send Henry Lang to the HALL OF FAME - Make it stand out Bill Doak, circa 1922 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/96fb550b-60aa-4582-bdbe-b7cc79a288d0/HopLeong+-+St__Louis_Globe_Democrat_Sun__Sep_4__1927_.jpg Musings - All I Want For Christmas …is to Send Henry Lang to the HALL OF FAME - Make it stand out Ref: St. Louis Globe Democrat, September 4, 1927 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/84ba1ebe-bc71-48c7-b0dd-7f7a0c329fad/MadisonElementaryBaseballTeam+-1928.jpg Musings - All I Want For Christmas …is to Send Henry Lang to the HALL OF FAME - Make it stand out Ref: Madison School Baseball Team, circa 1928. 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A Pyramid, 2 Kings and Chinese with Southern Accents - Make it stand out Miscegnation Laws. Missouri’s Law was adopted in 1909. https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/musings/my-birth-dates monthly 0.5 2025-08-18 https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/musings/a-day-to-re-remember-on-leong-way monthly 0.5 2025-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/f6355c0b-eac8-4930-8282-de80fa719fe4/1746134627954-90fc4f22-0cb0-41d2-9e19-e51dd2e7e68a_1.jpg Musings - A DAY TO REMEMBER - ON LEONG WAY - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/35b7891c-a0ad-4428-a2d9-2e23bd2c66b3/Ordinance+71863-Pg1.jpg Musings - A DAY TO REMEMBER - ON LEONG WAY - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/d3e520a3-303f-436d-bf5e-c8b994a7d26f/Ordinance+71863-Pg2.jpg Musings - A DAY TO REMEMBER - ON LEONG WAY - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/a9a70986-cef7-4d32-a114-b883e358677c/Ordinance+71863-Pg3.jpg Musings - A DAY TO REMEMBER - ON LEONG WAY - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/6ed6a1d7-e232-4cf0-8a0e-21c4c729b912/On+Leong+Convention+Photo+-+The_St__Louis_Star_and_Times_Wed__Apr_6__1938_.jpg Musings - A DAY TO REMEMBER - ON LEONG WAY - Make it stand out East side of So. Eighth Street between Market and Walnut (currently the Spire Building). News highlight, 1938. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/2f4dfdd1-69f0-48a5-9a22-e78e331bfde2/Sign.jpg Musings - A DAY TO REMEMBER - ON LEONG WAY - Make it stand out 1871 is a revised date that the MHS History Initiative determined was more accurate based on census data and news coverage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/4e89bad6-3a89-41bc-92e1-b47a35970e51/20250530_084943.jpg Musings - A DAY TO REMEMBER - ON LEONG WAY - Make it stand out Corner of South Eighth Street and Walnut Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/ab396471-6efa-4a3d-9f2f-37d3d283f485/20250530_090508.jpg Musings - A DAY TO REMEMBER - ON LEONG WAY - Make it stand out Corner of South Eighth Street and Market Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/568848b3-914e-45e3-bd19-e9e561e17410/IMG_9814.jpeg Musings - A DAY TO REMEMBER - ON LEONG WAY - Make it stand out Dr. Min Liu, the Accidental Historian, Michelle Li (missing from photo, but not in spirit, Danny Poon, who couldn’t play hooky) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/df1a62ae-5a50-4ce0-825c-abe7f02e3b1b/20250530_085759.jpg Musings - A DAY TO REMEMBER - ON LEONG WAY - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/musings/initiatives-the-missouri-historical-society-chinese-american-history-initiative-reaches-4-years monthly 0.5 2025-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/6365b7c6-9af8-4475-a477-4fa9b21e6ab2/Initiative+Logo+Design.jpg Musings - INITIATIVES - The Missouri Historical Society CHinese american history initiative reaches 4 years. - Make it stand out The new, winning logo, designed by a St. Louis Chinese American high school student. 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The Madison School baseball team, St. Louis, MO. Photo, Missouri Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/7529e0c2-af96-4f06-a682-1b092c6f1156/Homan+Quen+-+St_Louis_Post_Dispatch_1932_06_05_Page_3.jpg Musings - Photographs - One Perfect Shot - Make it stand out Homan Quen, 1932 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/3f51a38d-0b4d-4f46-892b-6c2c4f34133f/MomUncleLay-Kunming-circa+1943-44.jpg Musings - Photographs - One Perfect Shot - Make it stand out Circa 1944, Kunming, China. Photo, courtesy of the Lay Family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/e55d5eb7-b6fc-4b83-8b6a-5166ee4af2e0/St_Louis_Post_Dispatch_1945_08_15_Page_6.jpg Musings - Photographs - One Perfect Shot - Make it stand out Celebration, August 15, 1945. Photo, St. Louis Post-Dispatch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/04b99a00-4e0e-45d6-94d7-cf185990d445/MissChinatown1952..jpg Musings - Photographs - One Perfect Shot - Make it stand out The crowning of Miss Chinatown, 1951. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/534617c3-f521-4409-a6c6-6f9b05dc7726/SHSMO-S0486-+-HopAlley+-+SpreenCollection-59170-1963.jpg Musings - Photographs - One Perfect Shot - Make it stand out 1963, the final beginning of the end. Photo, SHSMO, Orville Spreen collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/a2dbde6b-c66e-48ac-86c3-99eff2cd5f20/AS_112+copy.png Musings - Photographs - One Perfect Shot - Make it stand out 1965(?). Photo courtesy of the Leong Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/7623ba4f-27f0-4677-8689-c1896c3bbf82/Bloody_Saturday%2C_Shanghai+-+H.S.+Wong.jpg Musings - Photographs - One Perfect Shot - Make it stand out 1937 August 28. Bloody Saturday. Photo H.S. Wong https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/musings/a-poem-for-2025 monthly 0.5 2024-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/f5d83e98-c7ca-4c8e-808f-f29d64a5c396/Blank+Tombstone.jpg Musings - A Poem for 2025 -Learning the Histories of Family and Others…Without Regrets - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/musings/you-dont-know-what-you-got-till-its-gone monthly 0.5 2024-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/20bac30a-d6be-495b-9691-f5fc4d0a82de/20240712_170810.jpg Musings - You Don’t Know What You Got Till It’s Gone - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/2e0482e3-6ec0-4dec-bcc8-da7eed2766fa/Aerial.jpg Musings - You Don’t Know What You Got Till It’s Gone - Make it stand out Parking lots in lieu of buildings. Chinatown’s main core was in the center of the outline. Photo, 1967, Missouri Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/fd03cd69-a378-4dad-baec-cc7ffac3327b/Protest-Photo+by+Shirley+L+Ng.jpg Musings - You Don’t Know What You Got Till It’s Gone - Make it stand out Photo by Shirley L. 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Middle, their “Chop Suey” influenced empanada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/6caacf62-0e70-48b7-a7a0-bd6278c5e10f/1732542018814-3ca28848-bf55-49e8-ad0b-a3f16a7d8213_2.jpg Musings - Children of Family Businesses - Make it stand out 1934 La Choy Ad (St. Louis Globe Democrat). 1957 Chun King Ad (Evening Star) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/34ab3f91-fa87-4ab8-a859-1c625f4a78e2/IMG_3726.jpg Musings - Children of Family Businesses - Make it stand out Robert’s St. Louis Police Department Souvenir https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/1bed50d1-a2cb-4c5f-8206-a61977c49540/20241125_074756.jpg Musings - Children of Family Businesses - Make it stand out Photos: The Accidental Historian, 11/2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/ce75a50e-377b-48d2-9e63-7d979a958cca/1732542018814-3ca28848-bf55-49e8-ad0b-a3f16a7d8213_3.jpg Musings - Children of Family Businesses - Make it stand out Photos: The Accidental Historian, 11/2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/c8f249b6-35bb-48b5-a57b-4110b2941dea/20241115_082035.jpg Musings - Children of Family Businesses - Make it stand out Photo: The Accidental Historian, 11/2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/2f7fa132-3281-4071-a20c-784d69163b24/20241125_074543.jpg Musings - Children of Family Businesses - Make it stand out Photos: The Accidental Historian, 11/2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/70df5d63-c76d-45f2-be68-cda057643e20/20241115_082233.jpg Musings - Children of Family Businesses - Make it stand out Photo: The Accidental Historian, 11/2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/dde78949-36d1-4ab0-9557-3f0e4cf6fb52/1732542018814-3ca28848-bf55-49e8-ad0b-a3f16a7d8213_4.jpg Musings - Children of Family Businesses - Make it stand out Photos: The St. Louis American, 2022. The St. Louis Business Journal, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/b64f6aa6-a6a5-4c29-bf00-7d2e6e7715d4/20241125_074400.jpg Musings - Children of Family Businesses - Make it stand out Photos: The St. Louis Business Journal, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/253ce70e-c5aa-4dc4-b05f-a25288bde58d/IMG_3732.jpg Musings - Children of Family Businesses - Make it stand out Photo of Robert and Bootsie Collins. MIssouri Historical Society, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/30352e58-6c44-4e5c-b0cb-42f7864f5bbf/IMG_3725.jpg Musings - Children of Family Businesses - Make it stand out Photo: “Greatest Chinese Restaurant West of the Mississippi,” Missouri Court of Appeals. MIssouri Historical Society, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/2d2fb3ac-c25e-4444-9063-f65b30d2143b/20241125_074627.jpg Musings - Children of Family Businesses - Make it stand out Photos: Menu boards and an abacus. The Missouri Historical Society, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/b44dadab-a851-48b5-8e5a-c568a69e0934/1732542018814-3ca28848-bf55-49e8-ad0b-a3f16a7d8213_5.jpg Musings - Children of Family Businesses - Make it stand out Photos: The St. Louis Business Journal, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/fd38d503-eaee-4289-910b-b04b473b9913/IMG_3731.jpg Musings - Children of Family Businesses - Make it stand out Photo: The last interview inside the restaurant. The Missouri Historical Society, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/6372dee1-20c6-4914-bfe0-efaf27db264e/PT+-+20241219_120318.jpg Musings - Children of Family Businesses - Make it stand out December 19, 2024. Witnessing the beginning of the demolition of the building with Wing and Robert (Lucky) Yee. There was no saddness, but fond memories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/96f7118e-d9c7-4242-95c4-8ff0dbc5aa5d/PT+-+20241219_120311.jpg Musings - Children of Family Businesses - Make it stand out A customer had come to witness. As the building came down, he would say, “Lucky, I just need one more di https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/32d3f042-1d08-4f38-8270-4a33e4593e76/20241221_101548.jpg Musings - Children of Family Businesses - Make it stand out December 21, 2024. Last moments of Lucky Inn’s public face. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/c5982453-9032-40a8-90ec-102cf9531023/PT+-+20241219_121351.jpg Musings - Children of Family Businesses - Make it stand out Salvaged Bricks. While Lucky Inn’s physical presence will be lost at this site, 3018 Martin Luther King Dr, its spirit will live on in these bricks and memories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/86761f4b-9e11-4582-9079-275cd2140892/1733403130025-517fd19b-c10c-4444-89ba-28f1bb06da1a_1.jpg Musings - Children of Family Businesses - Make it stand out Left. Kowloon Chop Suey, Jennings, MO (1985-2011), photo by Michael Dayawon. Right. On On Chop Suey, Ferguson, MO (1980-sold 2009), later a victim of the Ferguson riots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/7833b7b6-f0bb-4d59-b113-3590fab67860/20241205_065451.jpg Musings - Children of Family Businesses - Make it stand out Siblings, Annie Leong and Wing Leong. Annie would remain with the Asia Cafe family business. Wing Leong would pursue college education, leading to a successful professionial career. Left, Annie Leong (St. Louis Post Dispatch, 1965). Right, Wing Leong in training (courtesy of the Leong Family). https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/musings/the-life-balance-equation monthly 0.5 2024-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/2a7a7b5b-78e1-4b6c-acab-ed7a64e5652c/20151229_131712+%281%29.jpg Musings - THE LIFE BALANCE EQUATION - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/cd8ecb4c-2a6f-4bb7-8839-3fd07e1776e0/STL+Made+coverfif.jfif Musings - THE LIFE BALANCE EQUATION - Make it stand out STL MADE coverage. STL MADE is an initiative of Greater St. Louis Inc. https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/musings/blog-post-title-two-g7frd monthly 0.5 2025-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/638f1e32-c208-4b5c-9a72-624dbb803bd6/Philly+Chinatown.jfif Musings - Board Bill 32 - Make it stand out Philadelphia Chinatown (G. 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ASIAN AMERICAN CIVIC SCHOLARS - a Valhalla cemetery centennial celebration - Make it stand out MHS Chinese American Collecting Initiative remarks, Christopher Gordon, Peter Tao https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/d711ec4b-84a3-42a2-9101-f69eca3d03ae/Valhalla+remarks3jpg.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - ASIAN AMERICAN CIVIC SCHOLARS - a Valhalla cemetery centennial celebration - Make it stand out Dr. Min Liu, Rita Day (St. Louis County Councilwoman), Don Ko https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/ae5e9af0-c826-4ceb-8864-716b5be25e7a/Valhalla+remarks2jpg.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - ASIAN AMERICAN CIVIC SCHOLARS - a Valhalla cemetery centennial celebration - Make it stand out AACS Student presentation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/2deb7afe-7065-439e-b991-4c4d1f3c2c4d/20240721_163339.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - ASIAN AMERICAN CIVIC SCHOLARS - a Valhalla cemetery centennial celebration - Make it stand out An engaged crowd of researchers, Chinese American history buffs and family members with roots in Valhalla. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/52876348-20b9-43e5-9e30-cc11a4cc477e/Hop+Leong+Grave+-+Valhalla.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - ASIAN AMERICAN CIVIC SCHOLARS - a Valhalla cemetery centennial celebration - Make it stand out Hop Leong marker. Blog Story, https://mohistory.org/blog/henry-lang https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/events/dwi6k2y2gqrsbwavmf33shn18u4s4d monthly 0.5 2024-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/a61a678e-aeb0-4409-863d-0c5c9613d031/Be+Heard-2.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY EMERSON LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/df1fb98d-05c6-46cc-b31c-423045586570/Be+Heard-3.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY EMERSON LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/events/st-louis-city-sc-aapi-heritage-night monthly 0.5 2024-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/87408e38-80b6-4973-be91-0d3d96a83d14/Group+Photo12.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - ST LOUIS CITY SC AAPI HERITAGE NIGHT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/010ffc87-d8df-4898-9782-b6849086a025/Group+Photo10.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - ST LOUIS CITY SC AAPI HERITAGE NIGHT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/45ac79a2-c1e5-4a93-8975-7d5982e41c27/Group+Photo8.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - ST LOUIS CITY SC AAPI HERITAGE NIGHT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/23e62de4-3daf-4361-8ff2-fdac9efa2a23/Group+Photo26.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - ST LOUIS CITY SC AAPI HERITAGE NIGHT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/dffac478-0fb8-4de4-baed-2366ab9f8432/Group+Photo5.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - ST LOUIS CITY SC AAPI HERITAGE NIGHT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/bbca3c67-41fa-4a76-9501-2fc708cfdbfe/Group+Photo2.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - ST LOUIS CITY SC AAPI HERITAGE NIGHT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/b76ea87b-7737-4621-a53a-2594e8c91f76/Group+Photo4.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - ST LOUIS CITY SC AAPI HERITAGE NIGHT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/d62683ee-e025-4839-bc07-310399bbc8fc/Group+Photo27.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - ST LOUIS CITY SC AAPI HERITAGE NIGHT - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/events/dumpling-dinner monthly 0.5 2024-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/80c9bb96-e3d9-45a7-bab9-7f014ac30cab/Dumpling+Dinner+Photo+7.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - NATIONAL DUMPLING DAY DUMPLING DINNER - Make it stand out Cher Wei (Corner 17), Amy Le (Saucy Porka), Lona Luo (Lona’s Lil Eats), Qui Tran (Nudo House, Mai Lee), me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/f4c490ee-d22b-4151-abb0-bcce8e3b5035/Dumpling+Dinner+Photo+6.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - NATIONAL DUMPLING DAY DUMPLING DINNER - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/0769d841-1275-49e8-bca4-0916a75425e3/Dumpling+Dinner+Photo+8.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - NATIONAL DUMPLING DAY DUMPLING DINNER - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/612f5b01-4674-41c9-9e0d-8b13d64ed9ef/The+Swing+Vote.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - NATIONAL DUMPLING DAY DUMPLING DINNER - Make it stand out The signature cocktail of the evening, “The Swing Vote.” Proceeds went to OCA Advocates St. Louis https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/events/napc-forum-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-12-01 https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/events/very-asian-foundation-st-louis-cardinals-aapi-heritage-night monthly 0.5 2024-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/2584c711-074d-428b-9c54-f7d2ac3f4ef1/367484823_3442848595974119_3763430996158588649_n.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - VERY ASIAN FOUNDATION ST. LOUIS CARDINALS AAPI HERITAGE NIGHT - Make it stand out Fellow awardees, Soman Chainani, Anna Crosslin, Hosei Maruyama, Fred Bird (not an awardee), Peter Tao. Michelle Li (co-founder of the VAFright) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/d733d024-2d80-43b5-a145-a2eec432ebd3/367701954_3442848669307445_649289536716954165_n.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - VERY ASIAN FOUNDATION ST. LOUIS CARDINALS AAPI HERITAGE NIGHT - Make it stand out Receiving an award and making a pitch for the 1920s baseball story of Hop Leong (aka Henry Lang). Gia Vang (co-founder of VAF). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/7a575777-e371-4785-91a9-989c88b2953a/20230814_180033.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - VERY ASIAN FOUNDATION ST. LOUIS CARDINALS AAPI HERITAGE NIGHT - Make it stand out My lobbyists. https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/events/missouri-conference-on-history monthly 0.5 2024-11-23 https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/events/https/wwwkemperartmuseumwustledu/on-view/on-view/design-agendas-modern-architecture-in-st-louis-1930s1970s-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/3d49995a-1482-4d87-b23c-8dcf5dd34d0d/WU+Design+Agenda+Program.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY KEMPER ARt MUSEUM DESIGN AGENDA PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/c86ad8de-ee44-44bd-ba24-8069048e5c31/Participatory+Futures+Panel+Discussion.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY KEMPER ARt MUSEUM DESIGN AGENDA PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM - Make it stand out Panel Discussion. https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/events/l75ysw7ey5duimrssr16rsnt015x8r monthly 0.5 2024-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/0ddd2566-6d58-412a-83fb-8ca1a1e30443/Screenshot+2024-11-21+at+1.05.44+PM.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - RACE FORWARD - FACING RACE CONVENTION - Make it stand out Presenting to an engaged Tour Group. And I didn’t even offer food. Photo courtesy of Nine PBS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/0e666f03-3e52-4d5d-a4b5-878ea6f0436f/1904+Sanborn-Compiled.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - RACE FORWARD - FACING RACE CONVENTION - Make it stand out 1904 Sanborn Map. The core of our Lost Chinatown was bounded by Market, Walnut, So. 7th Street and So. 8th Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/cec27bf1-4453-43fe-99ff-f7ff41b2b3a4/MHS-South+Eighth+Street-1964.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - RACE FORWARD - FACING RACE CONVENTION - Make it stand out South 8th Street was essentially the main street. Photo: 1964. Missouri Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/ce67c77f-6194-45c8-9aba-68ba21181a32/MHS-Aerial-Busch-1965.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - RACE FORWARD - FACING RACE CONVENTION - Make it stand out Last standing buildings. Urban renewal and the Stadium Plan would be the cause of the land clearing. Photo: 1965. Missouri Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/b94e166b-3fed-48f4-84be-c4bf018ebbd2/Screenshot+2024-11-21+at+1.08.52+PM.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - RACE FORWARD - FACING RACE CONVENTION - Make it stand out Presenting to the Tour Group. Lost Chinatown site is now occupied by the black, glazed office building. Photo courtesy of Nine PBS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/fdfe9205-307e-4848-897d-f28a17e8dbca/5257348090621952515.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - RACE FORWARD - FACING RACE CONVENTION - Make it stand out The volunteer presenters and hosts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/490a9679-c91b-4f8e-b7fd-392657ec5371/MHS+Chinese+American+Collecting+Initiative.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - RACE FORWARD - FACING RACE CONVENTION - Make it stand out Information about the Missouri Historical Society Chinese American Collecting Initiative https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/events/nahed-chapman-new-american-academy-field-dedication monthly 0.5 2024-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/52a97f5e-c0c9-4d50-8caf-93a4859ea3e6/NCNAA-RibbonCutting.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - Nahed Chapman New American Academy - Field Dedication - Make it stand out Ribbon-cutting with the major contributors of the field project for Nahed Chapman New American Academy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/d104a85a-f422-4848-b7b7-17efabd40f6e/Signage.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - Nahed Chapman New American Academy - Field Dedication - Make it stand out The Community Team and the message of Being Welcoming https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/6ad69156-771f-4acd-974d-ac358cd3534c/NahedChapmanNewAmerican+AcademyFieldDedication+-+PTspeech.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - Nahed Chapman New American Academy - Field Dedication - Make it stand out Explaining my vision of the project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/7b6b9aad-d3d3-4f11-9fab-6a585b01330c/20160913_130829.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - Nahed Chapman New American Academy - Field Dedication - Make it stand out Not bad press coverage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/1c521a40-9443-4098-8e35-40e5477354c4/IMG_2641.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - Nahed Chapman New American Academy - Field Dedication - Make it stand out Presenting of the Proclamation from the City of St. Louis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/be43bf11-ed34-46d6-9bf5-bf6d3f96bf64/IMG_2632.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - Nahed Chapman New American Academy - Field Dedication - Make it stand out Donnie Harris Principal of the Nahed Chapman New American Academy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/8def3662-0eaf-4f3e-af52-127fe923c21e/IMG_2625.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - Nahed Chapman New American Academy - Field Dedication - Make it stand out Tom Finan, President of the Construction Forum STL and major Construction Community Connector. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/33b9cec8-e23c-4cf6-ba8a-cd21536f8557/IMG_2639.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - Nahed Chapman New American Academy - Field Dedication - Make it stand out Vin Ko, St. Louis Mosaic Project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/508338a1-4ecf-4531-848f-d225494b9b1a/aF81C4817.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - Nahed Chapman New American Academy - Field Dedication - Make it stand out Students using the field for the first time https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/events/discovery-tour-chinese-american-st-louis monthly 0.5 2024-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/fcea787c-3173-4b33-beda-b8d22425bb6d/20240504_095847.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - Discovery Tour | Chinese American St. Louis - Make it stand out The bus tour commences. My first time as a bus tour leader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/ec49d659-9634-4a0d-8d0e-2ec67ef6709c/Spire.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - Discovery Tour | Chinese American St. Louis - Make it stand out We visit the site of Lost Chinatown in Downtown St. Louis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/01e65ab0-2123-4011-a006-796067155e97/20240504_131642.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - Discovery Tour | Chinese American St. Louis - Make it stand out A vist to Valhalla Cemetery, the only known cemetery to permit Chinese to be buried in the early 1920s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/f4ee09dd-16c7-491a-b447-f9ddad86c109/20240504_093011.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - Discovery Tour | Chinese American St. Louis - Make it stand out A performance of a Chinese song, performed at the 1904 World’s Fair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/057212f0-a522-4966-9375-339eff39cd08/20240504_143935.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - Discovery Tour | Chinese American St. Louis - Make it stand out A visit to the Chinese Education and Culture Center in St. Louis. https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/events/landmarks-lecture-series-lost-chinatown-and-insights-to-st-louis-chinese-american-history monthly 0.5 2024-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/1ef30ace-ec34-4390-a157-c70c3b9695c5/Lecture+Series_Fall+2024_10-16.png Speaking Engagements + Events - Landmarks Lecture Series: "Lost Chinatown and Insights to St. Louis Chinese American History" - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/acc64750-f6c0-4f49-8bf7-d525c3c5628b/PXL_20241016_170625860.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - Landmarks Lecture Series: "Lost Chinatown and Insights to St. Louis Chinese American History" - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/events/missouri-history-museum-midcentury-landscapes-asian-american-legacies monthly 0.5 2024-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/827856a1-2279-4df9-911e-4f38bb49bab8/BoardOfEducation-Group-1955.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - Missouri History Museum - Midcentury Landscapes - Asian American Legacies - Speaker/Panelist - Make it stand out The young (and lone) Chinese American in the room. Photo: St. Louis Board of Education office. Circa early 1950s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/b2a45752-b82a-4484-af97-cc3ff3e151d7/Dad-PierreLacledeBldgDedication-1962.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - Missouri History Museum - Midcentury Landscapes - Asian American Legacies - Speaker/Panelist - Make it stand out Alone again, this is his company’s first major engineering commission. The Pierre Laclede Building ground breaking dedication. 1962. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/e941c0d4-0384-4e29-bfba-c03efcee4fbb/ChineseInstituteOfEngineers-NewYork-1964.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - Missouri History Museum - Midcentury Landscapes - Asian American Legacies - Speaker/Panelist - Make it stand out Being around fellow engineers. Asians don’t all look the same. Can you find him? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/40f2c7db-80a6-4331-93bf-0c782997a388/St__Louis_Post_Dispatch_Tue__Jul_13__1976_.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - Missouri History Museum - Midcentury Landscapes - Asian American Legacies - Speaker/Panelist - Make it stand out Investing in research about solar power at a time in the U.S. when energy was cheap and people did not have the foresight to care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/fce3eba3-169a-4dd7-8d54-649206f878a4/Dad-CombustionEngine.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - Missouri History Museum - Midcentury Landscapes - Asian American Legacies - Speaker/Panelist - Make it stand out In 1941, to preserve precious gasoline, my father would convert a fleet of trucks used for transporation on the Burma Road supply route, to coal burning. These trucks were used to transport fuel from Burma for the Flying Tigers in Kunming. https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/events/missouri-history-museum-lunar-new-year-celebration-introductory-remarks monthly 0.5 2024-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/51516ed8-77ab-4068-8832-fa414f82c97c/pic7.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - Missouri History Museum - Lunar New Year Celebration - Introductory Remarks - Make it stand out Introductory Remarks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/f34c908c-e48d-4b7d-8fb1-29febb443273/pic13.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - Missouri History Museum - Lunar New Year Celebration - Introductory Remarks - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/8c0fe527-16fa-4646-a9e9-150c3d78e587/20230126_183535.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - Missouri History Museum - Lunar New Year Celebration - Introductory Remarks - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/f587528b-6652-4882-bd06-39002a2dfbc0/20230126_183249.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - Missouri History Museum - Lunar New Year Celebration - Introductory Remarks - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/events/missouri-history-museum-aapi-heritage-month monthly 0.5 2024-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/4de164eb-fee9-471a-8313-711f0efc9821/MHM-AAPI+Heritage+Night-Resource+Table.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - Missouri History Museum - AAPI Heritage Month - Make it stand out Interacting at the Resource Tables https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/events/kalamazoo-college-st-louis-visit-introductory-remarks monthly 0.5 2024-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/60158d31-cf81-487d-a206-511cb8e31df5/KalamazooCollege+Visit+to+MoHistoricalSociety.jpeg Speaking Engagements + Events - Kalamazoo College Hill Project St. Louis Visit - Introductory Remarks - Make it stand out Yanshuo Zhang (Kalamazoo), Christopher Gordon (MHS), me, Em Wendel (Kalamazoo) https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/events/fbi-st-louis monthly 0.5 2024-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/e8e7eb8e-bf71-4049-aba8-3135b1d691ba/photo-8.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - FBI - St. Louis - Speaker - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/14f9d983-f986-49d3-a8f2-b50f12b03ea1/Chinese+History+Presentation+to+FBI-FBI+Approved.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - FBI - St. Louis - Speaker - Make it stand out Enlightening the FBI about U.S Chinese American history, some St. Louis history and insights into trust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/ebc02e28-9278-4483-8f9f-cf9db5dd6652/349127145_1188637721807136_7427643805802080068_n.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - FBI - St. Louis - Speaker - Make it stand out Honorary Agent? https://www.accidentalhistorian.co/events/event-four-c3j9a monthly 0.5 2024-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/c79702ec-10e1-4823-b87f-f03a12c68772/20230531_183007.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - City of St. Louis Recorder of Deeds AAPI Heritage Event - Honored Guest - Make it stand out Presemters Betsy Cohen (St. Louis Mosaic Project), Bret Narayan (St. Louis Alderman), Michael Butler (Recorder of Deeds) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/1d3e5b83-00cd-450b-b7e2-392e1affa0ea/RecorderOfDeeds+AAPICelebration-2023.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - City of St. Louis Recorder of Deeds AAPI Heritage Event - Honored Guest - Make it stand out Having fun with my “Fan” club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/7392ed1e-7b67-4ad2-9a56-cbcbb8a7d039/20230531_185104.jpg Speaking Engagements + Events - City of St. Louis Recorder of Deeds AAPI Heritage Event - 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China. circa 1920s. Dad, eldest bro, on right. Their sister would not survive infancy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/24bd8fe1-3d65-4738-b57e-7c7882f22f78/mmexport1579681602682.jpg Resources My Roots: 3 KUO sistas. China. Mom (2nd oldest sister), 2nd from left. She also had 2 brothers and 4 other siblings that died during their childhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/6aaa09ef-064f-46a7-9ad6-e4c84ff77f8e/Dad-TrackMetals.jpg Resources Track Star Dad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/b79b91aa-e337-4fd3-a534-345c218dda21/Dad-Long+Jump.jpg Resources 1930s China Record Holder of the Triple Jump (then called the Hop-Skip-Jump). The 1936 Olympic Trials were cancelled due to the Japanese Occupation. Could he have gone to the Berlin Olympics and been in the company with Jessie Owens and Hitler? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/48612e21-f627-40d2-9491-96317cf95d7d/Dad-HockeyTeam.jpg Resources Who Plays Hockey In China in the 1930s? How did they make an ice rink? Dad, 1st row center. A goalie, no less.....without the invention of the mask! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/af5ecbca-eb1e-4fc3-8408-7c6e2ef7f57c/Dad-BurmaRoad.jpg Resources My father's scrapbook notes (not his photos) when he was stationed in Kunming, China during WWII and his role in the Burma Road and the China-Burma-India Theater, a part of history most people don't know. Though many may know the iconic image of the Flying Tiger's, Curtis P-40 fighter plane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/dbbc19a4-5d66-4e36-90db-18f8937f8976/China-MomDadJeep-1946.jpg Resources Photo of my modern parents being optimistic in a war torn China. 1946. Qingdao is the city my father would be assigned post War. His assignment was to the Qingdao Rubber Works to relieve the duty of the chief engineer, a Japanese civilian who managed the plant when the Japanese took it over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/f039d3d3-e8c6-4308-b9e5-c7d43fafc8a0/MarineSwallow_Edit.png Resources The SS Marine Swallow. The is the ship my father would take for his trip to the U.S. It was a 22 day trip. Imagine, being 31 yrs old, never having left China. This C4 class cargo ship was used as a "Troop Ship" during WWII. Ironically, after its military service, it would enter the private world and be renamed "Missouri.." Dad's destination was St. Louis, Missouri. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/e353ebfc-1289-40a9-b215-435810220aad/Immigration-Arrival-Dad.jpg Resources 1947. The Ship Manifest for the S.S. Marine Swallow and Tao Kwang Yeh's arrival to San Francisco. The beginning of the TAO Family in the U.S. He recalled going into Chinatown to get a meal and to see what it was like, then hopped on a train to St. Louis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/c277f96d-2d1d-4c3f-85fd-384f8af1e00e/Immigration-Arrival-Mom.jpg Resources We had not known how my mother (and my infant brother) arrived to the U.S., 1+ Yr later in 1949, until we found this document. Interestingly, in the span from my father's departure, the passenger airplane would become more available than a 22 day tanker journey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/a7a9ae6a-2e28-48a5-a3da-1ab3022fbbfe/WashUAerial1947-reduced.jpg Resources Washington University, 1947. Photo courtesy of Washington University Archives. The story on how my parents connected to Washington University in 1946 is a pretty remarkable story of things going right. It includes the parents of the former U.S/ Secretary of Energy (under Obama) and a Nobel Prize winner, Steven Chu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/fc37417c-c969-4e03-bbee-43a7991305a8/Lee-Hall_1960.jpg Resources Washington University's Lee Hall (originally Tower Hall, now Umrath Hall) was the residence for foreign students. My father wrote that he could survive on $1.30/day for cold meals. The tennis courts were nearby, which would be his introduction to his tennis passion. (1960 photo courtesy of Washington University Archives). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/26398809-d723-4668-b5ed-3b9d48dfc793/20220421_114815.jpg Resources The 1947 Washington University Student directory. This directory would allow us to confirm people that my father crossed paths with, including Wing Leong, the brother of Annie Leong (aka Asia Cafe from downtown Chinatown). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/49f09fd7-6d69-4555-b5ea-5676a75e003a/WilliamTao-FirstCar-circa1950.jpg Resources Proud moment. First car. Posing in front of Washington University, the university that admitted him and introduced my parents to the U.S. My dad loved American cars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/361556a9-bf16-4376-b90f-f18d4c351e11/ImmigrationLtr-RTucker.jpg Resources A reference letter for my parent's application for Naturalization. Note my father's salary increases between 1947-1950 was $1,200 to $1,500 to $3,000. The reference writer, Raymond Tucker, would eventually become the 38th Mayor of St. Louis. He was a mentor and illustrated to my father how to be welcoming to others, which would carry on through his life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/a862f9a5-ed64-4fd7-993a-39b3e8002a14/BoardOfEducation-Group-1950-55.jpg Resources I have always admired how my father dealt with being the only Asian at the table. He seemed to embrace these situations. This was his first job, 1949 (the year he arrived) at the St. Louis Board of Education. He made $3/hr as an electrical engineer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/866c05a1-ab28-4c41-a30d-f56ad5b1152e/BBQ-1958.jpg Resources When the Chinese community is small, you find your people and come together for commaraderie, support and of course, a BBQ, an Ameican passtime. I don't know if they used it for BBQs, but my mom recounted going to a kind butcher in the Delmar Loop who would give her a bag of chicken wings (for free). Chicken wings were considered throw away parts. How far we have come. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/40f61a0c-54a2-44dc-91ae-af57a5f87761/ChineseGathering1-TaoResidence--Thanksgiving-1960-resized.jpg Resources In the 1960s, my parent's home would be a welcoming place for the community (mostly younger) to gather; this would continue for decades. This remarkable photo of moslty young students, would be a future (first) Asian American president of a major U.S. university and a Lt. Governor. I always thought it so cool how they opened up their house and generosity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/c106a27e-5c83-46c0-a24f-69d4e080db27/family017-fromCheng.jpg Resources Growing up within a small, Chinese American community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/17eacf07-c05a-49ce-963d-06732a9105b5/Xmas+Party+1971.jpg Resources Love this image. Back in the 1960s this Chinese Community, like many around the country, would gather together for commaraderie and celebration. Who says there isn't an Asian Santa somewhere? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/22ec9c51-36d6-44e9-bafb-aff193e7a32a/International+Folklore+Federation+-+1968+-+ChineseBooth2-resized.jpg Resources My Introduction to Community Service and Representing the Chinese Community, at the International Folklore Festival, one of the first International Festivals in STL. 1968. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/9f057ded-869c-424c-8144-b9870f70b070/20241117_093358.jpg Resources My first home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/738dc83e-7594-4d43-899b-1f5823debe79/Home-HollistonCourt2.jpg Resources My main home growing up. My father bought a lot for $10,000, then designed the house with family friend, architect Chih-chen Jen and built it for $60,000 in 1966. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/a1063a3c-5cad-418c-a83d-41f6d94fb746/BluesCamp.jpg Resources The NHL comes to STL in 1967. I thought I would try. Coach Jimmy Roberts, the 1st player selected by the St. Louis Blues in the expansion draft (pictured). Still clearly not an Asian sport, as the only Asian kid in the camp. For this camp, I was voted the Most Improved Player.....which wasn't an indication of proficiency! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/a7cee74e-a8c9-4ea8-88d9-30fd23d1804c/peter+and+dad+playing+tennis.jpg Resources Father-Son Tennis. We probably played tennis together for 50+ years. We were pretty good!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/8e4e2c71-11cd-4284-b3c3-57ad7e23e51c/TennisCans.jpg Resources Perhaps the largest tennis can collection, with cans from all around the globe. My parents were able to travel the globe through a program, People-to-People Tennis, This program helped introduce them to other cultures and people, many who became close friends......and for my father to collect cans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/13de7d65-6d03-44bb-9e2d-17a231000e85/MomDadArch.jpg Resources 2017. A last visit to the Arch, as they prepared to move away to Nashville, to live with eldest son, David. St. Louis is the city they immigrated to from China in 1947, 70 years ago. My father worked on the Arch project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/22be1df2-01f3-4e2c-a549-213ccac50f05/Highschool+Talent+Show.jpg Resources My Midwest side and love of bluegrass music. I even wore cowboy boots, until I realize it was not really me. A cowboy hat too, again, not me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/fe85757a-5aa7-481b-a9c8-41ce7fdb9e6e/Canada-Quetico.jpg Resources Boundary Waters, Canada side. An early, true introdution to the wilderness. On this trip, I was actually asked "what tribe are you from?" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/917ac548-00c9-42cb-83c3-c198814705f6/BRW900F0CD7DE1D_000025.jpg Resources My Portfolio cover for graduate school. My point of view. Should I have been accepted? No Photoshop back then. Real sketching. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/c6459441-b2cf-44be-ab49-d7da20658811/20241129152007310_0004.jpg Resources Doodling. Journaling your thoughts is important, regardless of profession. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/4956d9b8-3c8f-4364-a6d4-14f7b7883443/20241129152007310_0001.jpg Resources Doodling. Journaling your thoughts is important, regardless of profession. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/c7fd32da-7c59-41d6-b0ee-9a5823d44985/Peter-ColumbiaGraduation1-email.jpg Resources Graduated from Graduate School, 1982. So I want to be an architect? Still slogging away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/cdc408d4-c1cb-4f01-b362-c885b1a138ee/4081_la+rosita.jpg Resources Food Introduces you to Cultures and People: I ate breakfast at this tiny Upper West Side restaurant nearly every week. Eggs, Cuban Bread Toast, Black Beans and Cafe con Leche. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/1731888930482-NUJRO9JYOVT8FDYA34P6/GreatWall-82.jpg Resources My sketching phase: Great Wall, 1982. Breathtaking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/6899b8a0-2f97-4f56-a253-b38ff5fa8e89/Cheng+De+Temple+-+20241223085510794_0001.jpg Resources My sketching phase: Cheng De, 1982. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/5e8b8a6a-e184-431f-9cd8-089508157485/Cheng+De+-+20241223085510794_0002.jpg Resources My sketching phase: Cheng De, 1982. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/f87ebf02-292e-414b-bbd8-af14d89490f9/Summer+Palace+-+20241223085231512_0001.jpg Resources My sketching phase: Summer Palace, 1982. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/359fb043-4907-4d95-a066-e5a62fc7f23d/MingTombs-82.jpg Resources My sketching phase: Ming Tombs, 1982 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/5498f594-3d54-4da5-8359-31f3cdd9341f/Temple+of+Heaven+-+20241223085510794_0003.jpg Resources My sketching phase: Temple of Heaven, 1982. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/7df0ac1b-6d25-4265-8815-0faf2070489b/20240329_071213.jpg Resources Young, budding Architect. NYC. I worked over 1000+ hours of overtime one year. I have since learned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/aa402784-b32b-409e-9141-eea04ab37d25/20200209_212511.jpg Resources The beginning of TAO + LEE. 1986. Helen (Lee) and I met on campus and got married on campus. It was not the best day of my life, because today we are still together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/4d5ffa7b-e825-45a4-8dda-5bfe4ff055c3/20180208_130948.jpg Resources Another era. Cool cats in NYC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/4f1f1a3a-8dc9-45ff-86fd-b543bcd24ba2/VillaRotonda2.jpg Resources My sketching phase: Villa Rotunda, 1983. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/07d80a12-cde3-4991-829b-5b88ffd02413/SanGiorgioMaggiore.jpg Resources My sketching phase: San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice 1983. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/3b939999-5b61-41a3-aeb6-4752d2445243/FlorenceDuomo.jpg Resources My sketching phase: Duomo, Florence, 1983. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/fd1ecf8f-2edf-4920-8e2f-5f3ce08962ac/IMG_3990.jpg Resources BEING WELCOMING: Standing up for and supporting refugees and immigrants. In the 1950s, my parents had to make the choice to abandon their home country. I was lucky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/43621c74-2025-4be5-bc84-9f738c42059f/5037d643f3dd3.preview-620.jpg Resources Being Welcoming. The Nahed Chapman New American Academy, St. Louis, a 2-year transitional school for newcomer refugees and immigrants. Photo by Brian O'Connell. Contacted for help by the principal, I would help organize the community to build and donate a soccer field (and more) to this school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/3e42657d-3730-45e9-8b5d-9d2aa2c645d5/OCA+Tribute+-20170408_190425.jpg Resources 2017: The seeds of the Accidental Historian are planted. In researching history for my celebratory introduction for my father's 100th birthday tribute, I discover story telling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/0a1b01dc-0123-4748-ad75-89a21b20d82f/DAY+ONE+Poster+-+2021.jpg Resources 2018: A pivotal moment in my life. After years of work, our documentary, DAY ONE, debuts at the Newport Beach International Film Festival. We tell the story of the Nahed Chapman New American Academy. www.dayonedocumentary.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/2650e36f-1a4f-40f5-b94e-6409d21b9b27/Thanksgiving2019.jpg Resources Our last Thanksgiving with Mom & Dad, 2019. We almost set mom on fire with the firepit Dad would pass away only weeks later. Mom would pass away after him, only 5 weeks later. This was a tough period of my life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/6c88eb7e-c676-46ba-a063-d0ad8463cbcd/EOSR9924.jpg Resources 1924. An impactful year. Look it up. Thank you #Hateisavirus and Uprisers for this fashion messaging project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/e3fe93d0-ead1-4239-abb8-b6a5c88197a6/AACC+Awards+Acceptance-cropped.jpg Resources TAO + LEE, literally. Being honored as Asian Business of the Year. 2025 will be our 30th Anniversary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/d2857f5d-962d-4427-b7f3-03320729f567/OCA+STL+Gala+-+with+Mayor+Tishaura+Jones.jpg Resources A historic milestone. May 6, 2023, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of OCA Advocates St. Louis (formerly Organization of Chinese Americans). We discover by coincidence (spiritual?) that this date we selected was also the same date, May 6, 1882, that the Chinese Exclusion Act was signed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/3ebcdfd3-5309-4e90-9060-56862201cd85/England-Stonehenge.JPG Resources Family Travel: Returning Home, England, 2015. Rediscovering a moment in our lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/bbe60e30-1852-4980-97f5-14bdb328da5c/Morocco-Camel2.jpg Resources Family Travel: Morocco, 2019. It became a bittersweet, mental health escape trip. It was days after the passing of my father. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/ef5ce1b3-53e4-4777-b241-b8f7ead72671/IMG_9236.jpg Resources Family Travel: Oaxaca, Mexico. A beautiful, indigenous side and history of Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/c9e8786e-a3c1-4123-b4c5-1b0048a738d8/el-moro-churreria.jpg Resources Food Introduces you to Cultures and People: Churros at El Moro in Mexico City. Bliss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/1719377289825-H7XCTRDIKP73UALH9NSY/Colomia-Parasail.jpg Resources Overcoming fears. Soaring in Colombia, 2023. I already take leaps of faith. This was literal and so worth it. Skydiving is not on the bucket list. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/2a858bb1-42f7-4e02-b746-70ecfc1fc633/20211231_104310.jpg Resources Architecture Love: Poetic, Luis Barragan, Casa Gilardi. Simple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/902663bc-e94b-4c12-ac0e-9adc0ea83f90/20220101_185150.jpg Resources Architecture Love: Felix Candela, “Los Manantiales, ” urban ruin, 2021. Candela was a pioneer in thin shell structures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/408f4acf-5d07-490c-8c49-258d1fee5b40/23COOKING-TAKEOUTSESAMENOODLES2-superJumbo-v2.jpg Resources Food Introduces you to Cultures and People: Cold Sesame Noodles. Loved it growing up and even more so when I discovered that every Chinese restaurant sold because everyone in NYC ordered it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/be04a0f1-e7fe-445f-8339-321901d0a43f/20191228_114735.jpg Resources Architecture Love: Shades of Blue, Chefchaouen, Morocco. Aside from the excessive tourist selfies, it is simply cheerful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/045e7270-b927-442a-b8a2-1a4cfeb8b645/BRW900F0CD7DE1D_000020.jpg Resources Architecture Love: My fondness (obsession?) of the Flatiron Building, NYC. A rare vantage point, when the International Toy Center was being built. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/6a45d73f-44a4-4a1c-8bf2-fda1dd2794c1/20170519_123408.jpg Resources Architecture Love: Louis Sullivan, the Wainwright Building. A St. Louis gem. Sadly, bad urban planning decisions took away surround buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/767808df-d5a7-402d-b585-c01e8b66515d/IMG_4498.jpg Resources Love Architecture: The Arch, duh. Eero Saarinen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/a607666b-689a-4c76-bfbc-9a7a6371ac0a/Spire.jpg Resources Architecture Love + Sadness: This is the site of St. Louis' Lost Chinatown. This building, by Philip Johnson, came 11 years after the remaining Chinatown was leveled...for parking lots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/5f81e33b-9b4d-4fd4-82a7-c73ddf3fb655/st-paul-sandwich.jpg Resources Food Introduces you to Cultures and People: The St. Paul Sandwich: A St. Louis urban legend about this sandwich, a creation by a Chinese restaurant owner seeking to appeal to western liking for sandwiches. The creation? An egg foo young between 2 pieces of white bread, with pickle, lettuce and mayo...sometimes tomato.....and best with a handprint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/6cb643f8-a38d-4584-abac-c9d9637fec22/20190731_123926.jpg Resources Architecture + Nature Love: Mesa Verde National Park. Breathtaking vision of planning a community and integration with nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/4425e5ff-7e54-4c3b-a0f3-87a1110c52b9/IMG_1291.JPG Resources Nature Love: A land of forests, Costa Rica 2016. Hiking (and ziplining) in the Rain and Cloud forests reinforces the importance of saving our planet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/d8144d25-a62b-4e83-be41-88be1c0e6cbc/2013-09-01+10.40.16.jpg Resources Nature Love: Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rock National Monument https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/fd477a0b-1122-487e-9372-bdcf16e2dee0/2015-12-30+11.20.30.jpg Resources Nature Love: Antelope Canyon, Navajo Nation, Arizona. Mother nature at its best. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/f6011e41-b246-4002-9102-2fc95ccf18a3/2015-09-24+15.41.48.jpg Resources Love Quotes: England, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/5a2abff3-e9cd-44b6-b231-1b18abfe84f4/20190301_141119.jpg Resources Love Quotes + Art: Alejandro Diaz. 2007. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/51166a76-fe8c-4031-95b7-05f832846305/20190617_191433_1560816955110.jpg Resources My 2019 Stanley Cup Shrine. Notice my winnings from a Bawston Bruin fan/friend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/a03013e3-3490-418f-b45c-b198f2100ee0/20141119_103618.jpg Resources Food Introduces you to Cultures and People: Meat in a Bucket: A Workplace Experience you can't teach, about site visit discoveries. This discovery was in a Chinese Restaurant basement. But who cares. We don't eat down there! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/1d71aae5-4ed8-45c4-81f7-ea46e4e9296f/20191015_204118.jpg Resources The Oscar Lee Orchard, at EarthDance Organic Farm School in Ferguson, MO. A tribute to Helen's father, Oscar Lee, and his love of fruit trees and our own family love of agriculture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/47b79e72-5328-4e1a-a490-a63cf7e028bb/IMG_3228..jpg Resources Oldest Blues Fans at the time? A combined 200 years. They embraced and loved their STL Community, so when the NHL came to STL in the 1960s, they would become 30+ years season ticket holders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/e0a32b8c-431b-4982-82be-7d1f718ef24c/BRW900F0CD7DE1D_000026.jpg Resources The wisdom my parents bestowed on health (they lived to age of 102 and 99 years), was to stay physically and socially active. I embrace that, though there will be moments when you have to pivot (3 times for me). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/c356a4b5-22e9-4d2d-ad7c-b9f12a2617d0/3608SouthGrand1-1960s.jpg Resources Coincidence or a spiritual collison for me to piece together? My parents first office space (early 1950s) would be the final location for Asia Food Products (Asia Cafe) and the On Leong Merchants Association HQ, both rooted back to downtown Chinatown. Notice the signage (photo, circa 1970s by my father). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/37fe6023-f987-4496-92d1-c21b56516487/IMG_4741.jpg Resources We discover the location of my parent's first office space through visual memory of my brother, reliving his experiences 70 years prior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66797c062c58320379f6f127/0e251c45-9da7-4198-9598-70f7288e876f/IMG_4716.jpg Resources The 2 room office. In the distant room, it was recounted that there were 2 drafting tables where my father would work into the evenings. 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