AAPI Heritage Month & Lei Day May 1, 2022

AAPI Heritage Month & Lei Day

May 1 means different things in different parts of the world, but here in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, it means Lei Day, a statewide celebration of Hawaiian culture and the spirit of "aloha," that intangible sense of warmth, belonging, and connection that emanates from this isolated chain of volcanic islands. Lei Day was first celebrated in 1927 and made an official holiday in 1929. It also happens to fall on the first day of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, which honors Americans of Asian, Melanesian, Micronesian, and Polynesian heritage. May is the month the first Japanese immigrants arrived in the US in 1843, and the month the transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869 by, mostly, Chinese immigrants.

© Alvis Upitis/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

May 1, 2018The Sky Over Nine Columns in Venice, Italy
May 1, 2019Purple flowers and Golden Week
May 1, 2020It s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
May 1, 2021It s Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May 1, 2023Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May 1, 2024Lei Day
May 1, 2025Lei Day in Hawaii

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Aug 29, 2023American bison, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Nov 23, 2020Autumn comes to Old Town
Aug 9, 2018Ruins of Inca temples and terraces on Huayna Picchu, Peru
Jul 23, 2018Tokyo welcomes a futuristic new art museum
Apr 27, 2024National Go Birding Day
Jan 4, 2020Celebrating whales—and a whale of a tale
May 12, 2018It’s World Migratory Bird Day
Jul 23, 2023Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
Feb 9, 2019A tale of almonds and bees
Mar 24, 2025African bush elephants in Namibia
Jun 19, 2021Surf s up—Down Under
Sep 5, 2021Venice s grand regatta
Feb 27, 2023International Polar Bear Day
Nov 3, 2020Vote!
Oct 26, 2023Schönbrunn Palace Park, Vienna, Austria
Jun 19, 2018Dancers perform ‘Revelations’
May 13, 2024Fish River Canyon, Namibia
Jan 25, 2025Porto, Portugal
Dec 19, 2023Castle Square, Old Town, Warsaw, Poland
Jan 13, 2022Tasiilaq, Greenland
Jul 7, 2024Rice terraces of Mù Cang Chải, Yên Bái province, Vietnam
Mar 13, 2024Lake Magadi, Kenya
Mar 25, 2020It s Tolkien Reading Day
Feb 16, 2025Happy World Whale Day!
Nov 17, 2019Remembering the Velvet Revolution
Dec 5, 2018’Chess on ice’
Mar 3, 2022World Wildlife Day
Oct 11, 20181.1 billion opportunities for a better world
Oct 24, 2019Bridge of Hillsborough County
Jun 15, 2020Surfer s paradise