A 14-foot bronze sculpture commemorating the violent expulsion of Seattle’s Chinese community in 1886 moved closer to reality on April 28 when civic leaders, community historians, and media professionals gathered at the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience to announce the project had reached its fabrication funding threshold—more than two decades after the idea was first conceived.
World Cup organizers donate $50,000 to commemorate 1886 expulsion
One hundred forty years after Seattle’s Chinese community was violently expelled, a new monument is finally in the works—with a $50,000 boost from the Seattle FIFA World Cup 26 Local Organizing Committee (SeattleFWC26).
Chinese American Legacy Art Project: Metal memento to a troubled time
The Seattle Riot of 1886 occurred February 6-9 of that year, and featured anti-Chinese violence from the local Knights of Labor movement—climaxing with the forced march of some 350 Chinese from their homes in Chinatown, to a steamship expected to haul them away. Seattle Sheriff John McGraw, and his men, trying to fulfill a court order to let the uprooted return to their homes, faced riots over the arrest of the anti-Chinese leaders, resulting in several serious injuries.