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Arcadia Rotary uneils monument to Veterans at Arcadia Community Center. Funds to build it came from Arcadia Field of Honor (temporary flags at Arcadia County Park) put on by Arcadia Rotary Club, a generous gift from Mary E. Hansen, as well as funds from Santa Anita Park Race Track. The monument consists of seven pillars of granite, each dedicated to the various branches of service: Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marines.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35221
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2018
Pages
p. 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 21, 2018
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Arcadia Rotary Club
Monuments
Statuary
Veterans
Item ID
35410AN
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Arcadia Vietnam Veterans Memorial to observe first anniversary at the Arcadia County Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34884
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 25, 2017
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p. 1, 13
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 25, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Arcadia Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Glasco, Gene
Memorial Day holiday
Item ID
35074AN
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Veterans Day event at the Arcadia Vietnam War Memorial, hosted by Gene Glasco, who is a Vietnam vet and is pictured.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35319
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 8, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 8, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Glasco, Gene
Holidays
Veterans Day
Item ID
35509AN
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Arcadia Women's Club will host a fundraiser dinner to help improve Arcadia Vietnam War Monument Memorial with more lighting.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35002
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 2, 2017
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p. 1, 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 2, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 12
Subjects
Arcadia Vietnam War Monument Memorial
Arcadia Women's Club
Glasco, Gene
Veterans
Item ID
35192AN
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Gene Glasco at Chamber of Commerce networking breakfast on May 19, will talk about his vision for the Arcadia Vietnam War Monument to be installed at L.A. County Park veterans event on May 28, Memorial Day. Artist's rendering. Glasco is a Vietnam veteran and Arcadia City Clerk. Includes a description of the war memorial monument and its location (across the street from Arcadia Elks Lodge 2025).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34557
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 12, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 12, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 16
Subjects
Arcadia Vietnam War Monument
Glasco, Gene
Statuary
Vietnam veterans
Item ID
34749AN
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"Tribute to veterans and military families" program at Arcadia County Park on May 27, 2017, Memorial Day weekend. It is the 20th annual program.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34882
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 25, 2017
Pages
p. 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 25, 2017
Pages
p. 12
Subjects
Barger, Kathryn (Los Angeles County Supervisor)
Memorial Day holiday
Military
Veterans
Item ID
35072AN
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Supervisor Katherine Barger continues tradition started by precedessor, Michael Antonovich, of hosting a Memorial Day tribute to Veterans and their families at Arcadia County Park, Saturday, May 26, 2018, 10 AM - 2 PM.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35185
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 24, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 13
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 24, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 13
Subjects
Barger, Katherine
Holidays
Memorial Day
Veterans
Item ID
35374AN
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Memorial Day was celebrated with Michael D. Antonovich's annual event at Arcadia County Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34178
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 28, 2015
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p. 1, 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 28, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 16
Subjects
Antonovich, Michael D.
Holidays--Memorial Day
Veterans
Item ID
34372AN
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Arcadia Rotary Club installs a sea of "Old Glory" flags at Arcadia County Park for Memorial Day.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34883
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 25, 2017
Pages
p. 13
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 25, 2017
Pages
p. 13
Subjects
Arcadia Rotary Club
Flags
Memorial Day holiday
Item ID
35073AN
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Arcadia lights beacon for lost servicemen in Vietnam War. Memorial champion and Arcadia City Clerk Gene Glasco named Congressional Volunteer of the Year by Congresswoman Judy Chu. New dusk-to-dawn lighting was installed at the memorial.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35189
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 31, 2018
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p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 31, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Arcadia Vietnam War Memorial
Awards, honors, recognitions
Chu, Judy
Glasco, Gene
Veterans
Volunteerism
Item ID
35378AN
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Fiftieth anniversary of Tai Ji Men Qigong Academy will be celebrated at Arcadia Performing Arts Center on September 16.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34674
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 8, 2016
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 8, 2016
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Anniversaries
Arcadia Performing Arts Center (Auditorium)
Tai chi-Tai ji
Item ID
34866AN
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Gene Glasco shines a beacon on the Arcadia Vietnam War Memorial at Arcadia County Park, ceremony on Saturday, May 26 to mark new dusk-to-dawn lighting of it.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35186
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 24, 2018
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p. 1, 12
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 24, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 12
Subjects
Glasco, Gene
Holidays
Memorial Day
Arcadia Vietnam War Memorial
Veterans
Item ID
35375AN
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Gene Glasco, Vietnam War veteran and elected Arcadia City Clerk, will preview the Vietnam War Monument at the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce meeting. The dedication ceremony for the memorial will be Saturday, May 28 at Los Angeles County Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34465
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 2016
Pages
p. 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 18, 2016
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Antonovich, Michael D.
Glasco, Gene
Statuary
Vietnam War Monument
Item ID
34657AN
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Eagle Scout Daniel Black of Boy Scout Troop 104 will present a silver bell to Mayor Peter Amundson and City Clerk Gene Glasco (founder of the Arcadia Vietnam Memorial Monument) at the September 5 City Council meeting.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34954
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 31, 2017
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p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 31, 2017
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Amundson, Peter (Mayor)
Black, Daniel
Glasco, Gene
Item ID
35144AN
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1980s pop group Air Supply plays at the Arcadia Performing Arts Center on January 25, 2014. Also playing this season are America (2/22), Susan Egan (3/1), and The Temptations (6/7).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33718
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2014
Pages
p. 19
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 9, 2014
Pages
p. 19
Subjects
Air Supply
Arcadia Performing Arts Center (Auditorium)
Musical acts
Pop groups
Item ID
33914AN
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Personal sketches behind barbed wire--Riyo Sato (1913-2009) will be on exhibit at Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage from September 14 through November 2, 2013. Riyo Sato was interned at Santa Anita Assembly Center.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33596
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2013
Pages
p. 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2013
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage--Exhibitions
Japanese-Americans
Santa Anita Assembly Center for the Japanese
Sato, Riyo
Item ID
33791AN
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Arcadia-Monrovia Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2070 announced this week that it has created a scholarship fund to memorialize local service members who have been killed in combat. Clint Stamps is Commander of Post 2070.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33697
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 5, 2013
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 5, 2013
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Arcadia-Monrovia Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2070
Flores, Francisco
Mercado, Raul
Stamps, Clint
Item ID
33893AN
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Arcadia Museum Education Center officially dedicated Saturday, June 28, 2014. It is a 2,500 square foot building. Photo shows ribbon cutting and Arcadia Museum Foundation Board of Directors.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33875
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 10, 2014
Pages
p. 6
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 10, 2014
Pages
p. 6
Subjects
Gilb, Ruth
Gilb Museum of Arcadia Heritage--Museum Education Center
Helms, Jim
Lauber, Floretta
McEachern, Jan
Pelletier, Steve
Tay, Sho
Wu, Victor
Item ID
34069AN
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Arcadia opens first Veterans' Administration (VA) clinic in the San Gabriel Valley area in eight years, called the Interim San Gabriel Valley Community Based Outpatient Clinic, located at 7 West Foothill Boulevard, Arcadia. It is called interim because this is a temporary location. This is a branch of the West Los Angeles VA Hospital. In an email from Gene Glasco, elected City Clerk, after years of advocacy, this veterans health clinic had its grand opening celebration on August 23, 2019.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35587
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2019
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2019
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Interim San Gabriel Valley Community Based Outpatient Clinic
Veterans' Administration (VA)
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Arcadia High School’s Unity Through Poetry Club empowers teens for change.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35327
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 15, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 15, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Arcadia High School clubs
Liu, Christine
Poetry
Item ID
35517AN
Collection
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