Early Los Angeles’ Chinese Massacre

Thank you for reminding us all of Los Angeles’ multicultural and often turbulent beginnings with Cecilia Rasmussen’s “Violence, Bias Mark Chinatown’s Evolution” (Nov. 25). On Oct. 24, the Friends of the Chinese American Museum and five other community organizations co-sponsored an event commemorating the 130th anniversary of the Chinese Massacre. About 200 people attended the event at the new museum’s entrance on Sanchez Street, including a class of third-graders who walked from Castelar School, six blocks away.

The highlight of the morning was the unveiling of the bilingual commemorative plaque describing the events of Oct. 24, 1871. It is one of six about the Chinese in the city installed in the sidewalk of the Garnier block at 419 N. Los Angeles St., in front of the Chinese American Museum site.

Angi Ma Wong

Palos Verdes