纽约退伍军人节游行11月11日下午12时30分沿第五大道出发：曼哈顿唐人街金流广场纪念为国捐躯的华裔军人
第 107 届纽约市退伍军人节游行（America's Parade）11 月 11 日下午 12 时 30 分沿第五大道出发，预计持续至下午约 3 时 30 分，游行由联合战争退伍军人委员会组织。出发前，不少参加者先到曼哈顿唐人街的金流广场停留，那里立着纪念华裔美国军人的金流纪念牌坊。
金流广场位于唐人街恰塔姆广场一带，东百老汇、奥利弗街与鲍厄里街在此交会。牌坊英文铭文写道，纪念为保卫自由与民主而献出生命的华裔美国人。广场与牌坊以本杰明·拉尔夫·金流中尉命名，他是来自纽约的美国陆军航空军轰炸机飞行员，曾驾驶 B-24 解放者轰炸机随第 380 轰炸大队在太平洋战场作战。美国华人博物馆讲述他的事迹，广场由纽约市公园局维护。
阵亡将士纪念日之外，金流的名字还与一家退伍军人组织相连。归国老兵于 1944 年以他的名字创立美国退伍军人协会金流华裔退伍军人会 1291 分会，分会至今仍在唐人街，地址在坚尼街 191 至 193 号。
美国退伍军人事务部的资料称，第二次世界大战期间约有 2 万名华裔美国人在美军各军种、各战场服役。国会于 2018 年 12 月 20 日通过华裔二战退伍军人国会金质奖章法案（公共法 115-337）。
New York's Veterans Day Parade Steps Off Down Fifth Avenue at 12:30 p.m. on November 11: In Manhattan Chinatown, Kimlau Square Memorializes Americans of Chinese Ancestry Who Died in Service
The 107th New York City Veterans Day Parade, known as America's Parade and organized by the United War Veterans Council, stepped off down Fifth Avenue at 12:30 p.m. on November 11 and was expected to last until about 3:30 p.m. Before the parade, many visitors stopped first at Kimlau Square in Manhattan Chinatown, where a granite memorial arch honors Americans of Chinese ancestry who served the United States.
The arch stands in Kimlau Square, at Chatham Square in Manhattan Chinatown, where East Broadway, Oliver Street and the Bowery meet. Its English inscription reads, "In memory of the Americans of Chinese ancestry who lost their lives in defense of freedom and democracy." The square and memorial take their name from Lieutenant Benjamin Ralph Kimlau, a United States Army Air Forces bomber pilot from New York who flew B-24 Liberators with the 380th Bombardment Group in the Pacific. The Museum of Chinese in America tells his story, and New York City Parks maintains the square.
Returning veterans established the American Legion Lt. B.R. Kimlau Chinese Memorial Post 1291 in 1944 in his honor. The post is still in Chinatown, at 191-193 Canal Street, and remains a neighborhood veterans home.
An estimated 20,000 Chinese Americans served in the United States armed forces during World War II, in every branch and every theater, according to VA News. Congress enacted the Chinese-American World War II Veteran Congressional Gold Medal Act, Public Law 115-337, on December 20, 2018.
来源：美国退伍军人委员会
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图片来源：图：纽约曼哈顿唐人街金流广场与金流纪念牌坊。图中是唐人街金流广场的纪念牌坊与广场一角。 英文标题：New York's Veterans Day Parade Steps Off Down Fifth Avenue at 12:30 p.m. on November 11: In Manhattan Chinatown, Kimlau Square Memorializes Americans of Chinese Ancestry Who Died in Service 英文全文： The 107th New York City Veterans Day Parade, known as America's Parade and organized by the United War Veterans Council, stepped off down Fifth Avenue at 12:30 p.m. on November 11 and was expected to last until about 3:30 p.m. Before the parade, many visitors stopped first at Kimlau Square in Manhattan Chinatown, where a granite memorial arch honors Americans of Chinese ancestry who served the United States. The arch stands in Kimlau Square, at Chatham Square in Manhattan Chinatown, where East Broadway, Oliver Street and the Bowery meet. Its English inscription reads, "In memory of the Americans of Chinese ancestry who lost their lives in defense of freedom and democracy." The square and memorial take their name from Lieutenant Benjamin Ralph Kimlau, a United States Army Air Forces bomber pilot from New York who flew B-24 Liberators with the 380th Bombardment Group in the Pacific. The Museum of Chinese in America tells his story, and New York City Parks maintains the square. Returning veterans established the American Legion Lt. B.R. Kimlau Chinese Memorial Post 1291 in 1944 in his honor. The post is still in Chinatown, at 191-193 Canal Street, and remains a neighborhood veterans home. An estimated 20,000 Chinese Americans served in the United States armed forces during World War II, in every branch and every theater, according to VA News. Congress enacted the Chinese-American World War II Veteran Congressional Gold Medal Act, Public Law 115-337, on December 20, 2018.。Clyde Charles Brown，CC BY-SA 4.0，经Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: file photo. Clyde Charles Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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