On this day, one hundred years ago, my grandfather left China. He was thirteen. He was alone. He landed in California, but couldn’t find work there. The only opportunity he could find was in Alaska, at a salmon canning factory. Hundreds of Chinese immigrants butchered the salmon before they were canned. Eventually a machine called an “
100 Years of Gratitude
100 Years of Gratitude
100 Years of Gratitude
On this day, one hundred years ago, my grandfather left China. He was thirteen. He was alone. He landed in California, but couldn’t find work there. The only opportunity he could find was in Alaska, at a salmon canning factory. Hundreds of Chinese immigrants butchered the salmon before they were canned. Eventually a machine called an “