{"id":5365,"date":"2023-09-25T13:08:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T21:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/?p=5365"},"modified":"2023-12-19T19:05:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T03:05:48","slug":"save-the-date-november-8-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/2023\/09\/25\/save-the-date-november-8-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese G.I. War Brides &#8211; November 8, 2023 11am-1pm PST"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"942\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-1.png 942w, https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-1-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-1-768x437.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click to register for In-Person and Zoom:  <a href=\" https:\/\/forms.gle\/4pSensSzyiNHrwdG9\"> https:\/\/forms.gle\/4pSensSzyiNHrwdG9<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">The highest influx of Chinese G.I. War Brides in American history<br>transformed our Community from a Bachelor Society to a Baby Boomer Era<br>How Our Moms Entered the United States under 1945 War Brides Act<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><br>                                          <br><strong>BAY AREA CHINESE GENEALOGY GROUP<\/strong><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\"><strong>In-Person or Zoom Presentation<\/strong><\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-contrast-color\">WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 08, 2023, 11:00 AM &#8211; 1:00 PM PST<br>THE OAKLAND FAMILY SEARCH CENTER<br>1st floor at 4766 Lincoln Avenue, Oakland, Ca<\/mark><br><br>Our Chinese WWII G.I. War Brides lived through extraordinarily difficult times during the Asiatic War, 1937-1945, the forgotten war in the West. They showed strength of character and perseverance to survive the War and the economic and political upheaval in China.<br><br>Learn how our G.I. War Brides entered the United States under the 1945 War Brides Act. Despite its significance to admit Chinese wives on a non-quota basis, they faced enormous hurdles to qualify.<br><br>BACGG members, Leona Lau with Lester Dun, Evelyn Seto, and Jeannie Young will share their personal and historical stories of their moms. With hope and courage, our moms immigrated to America with new husbands, or to be reunited with a husband separated by the war.<br><br>Coping with a language barrier, they became United States citizens, supported families back in China, while raising their own families, and helped others find their way to becoming Americans.<br><br>Our Moms&#8217; stories should be written and preserved for our future generations.<br><br>BACGG Committee<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5378\" style=\"width:64px;height:61px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click to register for In-Person and Zoom: https:\/\/forms.gle\/4pSensSzyiNHrwdG9 The highest influx of Chinese G.I. War Brides in American historytransformed our Community from a Bachelor Society to a Baby Boomer EraHow Our Moms Entered the United States under 1945 War Brides Act BAY AREA CHINESE GENEALOGY GROUPIn-Person or Zoom PresentationWEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 08, 2023, 11:00 AM &#8211; &#8230; <a title=\"Chinese G.I. War Brides &#8211; November 8, 2023 11am-1pm PST\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/2023\/09\/25\/save-the-date-november-8-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Chinese G.I. War Brides &#8211; November 8, 2023 11am-1pm PST\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-com-ann-et-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5365"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5434,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5365\/revisions\/5434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bacgg.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}