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A calendar would have been mounted on this board. This was a gift to the donor, Anne Vu when she was a teacher in Vietnam. November 20th in Vietnam is national teacher day and students bring gifts to the teacher. Anne's mother (Thu Nguyen) brought this to Anne in 1993 when she came to the United States. Anne never taught school in the U.S.

Anne fled Vietnam with her husband and two children in 1979. They were from Haiphong just south of Hanoi in Northern Vietnam. They were forced out of Vietnam because her husband was ethnic Chinese and the new goverment was attempting to purify the country. They fled Vietnam as boat people in 1979 staying in a refugee camp in Hon Kong until 1980. Anne and her husband were the first family sponsored by the Presbyterian Church in Pleasanton, CA. They arrived in California September 24, 1980. They fled Vietnam April 30, 1979 arrived in Hong Kong in May and came to the U.S. September 24, 1980. Anne's husband works for the Pleasanton Unitfied Schools overseeing maintinance. Anne became a house cleaner because her english wasn't good enough to teach and go back to school.

Used: Anne Vu