PinoyBuilt — Stories of Filipino America

San Bruno, California • August 2026. Birthright and Boxes: Why the San Bruno Archives Closure Threatens Fil-Am History. national archives san bruno closure, wong kim ark, filipino american immigration records, angel island, kevin mullin, save our national archives, bay area filipino. SAN BRUNO • AUGUST 2026 Birthright and Boxes: Why the San Bruno Archives Closure Threatens Fil-Am History A federal order to shutter the National Archives at San Francisco puts 750,000 records — including the case that defined American birthright citizenship — into boxes headed nobody yet knows where. The Leo J. Ryan Memorial Federal Building, San Bruno — home to more than 750,000 federal records now facing relocation. Every immigrant family carries a paper trail somewhere in a government building they will probably never see — a manifest, a case number, a photograph clipped to a form. Mine exists in a file from 1976, somewhere in t...

Caloocan, Philippines • August 1896. August 24, 1896: The Day the Katipunan Became a Nation — and Andrés Bonifacio Became Its First President. katipunan government 1896, haring bayang katagalugan, andres bonifacio first president, philippine revolution august 1896, katipunan flag three k's, philippine history. Caloocan, Philippines • August 1896 August 24, 1896: The Day the Katipunan Became a Nation — and Andrés Bonifacio Became Its First President Days after Filipinos tore their cedulas at Pugad Lawin, the Katipunan reorganized itself into a sovereign government — the Haring Bayang Katagalugan — and elected Andrés Bonifacio its first president. Most textbooks start the story with Aguinaldo. This is the week before that. PinoyBuilt illustration. The Katipunan's flag — a red field bearing three white K's — flew over the government Bonifacio organized in Caloocan, August 24, 1896. I was nine years old in Marikina, in the second...

Sacramento, California • August 2026. Stingers Up: The Day We Moved Nica Into Sacramento State. sacramento state move in day, csus dorm move in, filipino american family college, back to school 2026, freshman move in day, kapamilya archive, sac state hornets. KAPAMILYA • SACRAMENTO, CA • AUGUST 2018 Stingers Up: The Day We Moved Nica Into Sacramento State A laundry cart, a suitcase, and three generations of family — how we sent our eldest off to Sacramento State on freshman move-in day, August 24, 2018. Move-in day, Sacramento State — August 24, 2018. Photographed by a Fil-Am student working the university's media department, shooting freshman move-in day across campus that morning. Every parent posting a back-to-school photo this week is really posting the same photo: a kid, a car or a cart, boxes that don't all fit, and a version of themselves that only shows up for one morning a year. Ours is from eig...

Dinner & Drinks at The Irish Village - August 24 Historically Irish pubs are renowned throughout the world for their vibrant and friendly atmosphere, full of character and characters and above all, a place where you immediately feel at home! The Irish Village in Dubai is no exception. The traditional wooden pub is steeped in its own character and has its own story to tell. Whether you decide to sit inside the traditional wooden pub or out on the terrace overlooking gardens and lake, let the traditional Irish music entertain you while sampling authentic meals served with a warm and friendly Irish smile – what better way of experiencing Ireland in Dubai!

Nica requested sushi for lunch. Thanks Papa! August 24, 2018. Sacramento, CA -- Taking a break from Nica's move into her dorm room at Sacramento State University. Thank you for attending Tita Gigi! Left to right: Tess, Nica, Tita Gigi & Dad. Tess & her firstborn.

JF & Tess Sonoma Raceway. August 24, 2012 FIL-AM. FILIPINO/FILIPINA-AMERICAN.  Click on any photo above to enlarge, Use left/right arrows to navigate. Please drop us a comment below. 🙏🏽 Help us grow Pinoybuilt to be the number one  Filipino-American  online community in California, if not the USA. 🇺🇸  Please click  this to follow www.pinoybuilt.com . 🤙🏽 Thank you! 👊🏽 Maraming salamat po kabayan. 🇵🇭 ✌🏽 Pinoybuilt uses  Disqus  as the commenting system because it prevents spam, but also because it connects our various sub-sites like  LA.pinoybuilt.com ,  HI.pinoybuilt.com ,  AU.pinoybuilt.com  &  PH.pinoybuilt.com . Comments help a website go viral (and make $$$) so we hope to hear from you. 🙏🏽 Know anyone who'd be interested in blogging for Pinoybuilt. Please share this site with them. Btw, blogging is what you do on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, etc. Just add a 'pinoy' flavor to your soci...