Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month May 1, 2023

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

This stunning structure is the stone pavilion housing the massive Korean Bell of Friendship in Los Angeles, a city with a large Korean American population. It"s ringing in Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, which starts today. The month was chosen in recognition of the first documented arrival of Japanese immigrants, on May 7, 1843, and the completion of the transcontinental railroad by more than 20,000 Asian immigrants on May 10, 1869.

© Carlos Marin/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, 2022AAPI Heritage Month & Lei Day
May 1, 2024Lei Day
May 1, 2025Lei Day in Hawaii

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jul 19, 2025National Moth Week
Aug 15, 2020Celebrating the Acadians
Nov 2, 2018Celebrating Native American Heritage Month
Jan 13, 2021Strolling across the Red Lagoon
May 18, 2025International Museum Day
Feb 4, 2023Rosa Parks Day
Feb 11, 2018Te Rewa Rewa Bridge near New Plymouth, New Zealand
Aug 19, 2019On the wings of the Wright brothers
Jan 3, 2026J.R.R. Tolkien Day
Mar 15, 2022Beware the Ides of March
Jul 22, 2025Badlands National Park in South Dakota
Mar 4, 2024Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica
Dec 10, 2021Arctic fox in Norway
Apr 16, 2024Union Square, Manhattan
Jul 30, 2019A long, erratic commute
Dec 30, 2020Winter in the Wild West
Oct 21, 2019The Guggenheim turns 60
Jun 21, 2020Grab onto the handlebars, kid
Jan 31, 2025Happy International Zebra Day!
Aug 11, 2021Everyone s watching the Perseids
Jul 2, 2024The ruins of Italica, Andalusia, Spain
Nov 10, 2022Badlands National Park turns 44
Aug 22, 2023Amphitheatre of El Jem, Tunisia
Mar 24, 201930 years after Exxon Valdez
Feb 5, 2020Frozen beauty
May 26, 2024Methow Valley, North Cascades, Washington
Feb 22, 2022Twosday
Dec 4, 2021Cheetah mother and cub
Mar 29, 2025Superbloom in Carrizo Plain National Monument, California
Jun 19, 2021Surf s up—Down Under