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American History

elleng

(130,732 posts) Tue May 14, 2019, 12:43 PM May 2019

Now They’re Getting Their Due.

It’s been 150 years since two railroads were joined together to form the first Transcontinental Railroad. At a ceremony in Utah, Chinese railroad workers were recognized for the pivotal role they played in its construction.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/14/us/golden-spike-utah-railroad-150th-anniversary.html

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Chinese Railroad Workers Were Almost Written Out of History. (Original Post) elleng May 2019 OP

The real ugly story is Wellstone ruled May 2019 #1

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1. The real ugly story is

Tue May 14, 2019, 02:51 PM

May 2019

the treatment of those Chinese workers. What a horrible time in our History.