Timeline

This timeline portrays the history of manong and manang in the Pajaro Valley. This timeline plots historical events and precedents that affected the migration of Filipinos to the Pajaro Valley. It starts with the Philippine Revolution of 1896 and ends with the Tobera Project in 2020. These bookends connect the Philippines and its legacies of colonialism and resilience to the local preservation work and the community’s vitality found among Filipino Americans on California’s Central Coast. This timeline highlights events, legislation, and labor movements that affected Pajaro Valley’s manong and manang generation, their relatives, and the Watsonville community. The interactive elements of the timeline help visualize and contextualize the history of Filipino Americans in Watsonville.