Philippine Flag Raised for the Very First Time by the City of New York
Photo Release EGC-126-202228 October 2022 PHILIPPINE FLAG RAISED FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK On Friday, 28 October 2022, the Philippine Flag was raised for the very first time by the City of New York at the Financial District in commemoration of Filipino-American History Month. Consul General Elmer G. Cato, Mayor Eric Adams, Deputy Mayor Maria Torres Springer, and others gaze at the Philippine Flag as it is hoisted (Photo by Marc Lacanlale). Photo Release EGC-127-202228 October 2022 PHILIPPINE FLAG RAISED FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK On Friday, 28 October 2022, the Philippine Flag was raised for the very first time by the City of New York at the Financial District in commemoration of Filipino-American History Month. Consul General Elmer G. Cato speaks about the first Filipino settlement in the coastal wetlands of Louisiana back in 1587, and how hundreds of years later, the Filipino Community has spread across the United States of America. (Photo by Tanya Faye O. Ramiro) Photo Release EGC-128-202228 October 2022 PHILIPPINE FLAG RAISED FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME BY THE CITY OF NEW YORK On Friday, 28 October 2022, the Philippine Flag was raised…