Korean American Day Ceremony Held In Philadelphia
By Pat Loeb
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Today is Korean-American Day in Philadelphia.
That's a designation created by the city's first Korean-American councilman. He raised the Korean flag at a ceremony this morning.
"This is an important day because it commemorates a group of Americans first arriving to our shores," said Councilman David Oh.
This is the third year that Councilman Oh has celebrated the anniversary of the first Koreans to arrive in America in 1903. There were 100 of them. Now there are 1.7 million living in the United States, 80,000 of them in Philadelphia.
"It reminds us of what America has stood for throughout the world -- a land of freedom, democracy and opportunity," said Oh.
Oh also noted the benefits the city has reaped from the Korean community, which has been a force both commercially and culturally.