Tacoma is an incredible city, but has a time in history that was shameful. Chinese immigrants were a major labor force in building the Northern Pacific Railroad in which Tacoma was the terminus.In 1873 there was an economic slump & who better to make a scapegoat than the Chinese immigrants. It was easy to stoke the prejudicial fires. Any difference was focused on, such as how they wore different clothes, ate different food, spoke "funny", and they were very frugal sending their money back home therefore not spending much in the local economy. A mass expulsion was decided by the white Tacomans after meetings presided over by the mayor. Warnings were issued to the Chinese, "You must be gone!". On the morning of Nov 3, 1885 hundreds of white workers marched through town telling all the Chinese they must meet at 7th & Pacific by early afternoon, and then herded onto the train going to Oregon. For several days after stragglers were seen walking the tracks southbound. This was then named " The Tacoma Method, and the ringleaders of the expulsion were never prosecuted. The Chinese Reconciliation Park is both an acknowgement of the forceful expulsion as well as a celebration for our multicultural past, present & future. The park is an act of reconciliation & inclusvity toward appreciation of the people of diverse legacies & interests who are part of the city as a dynamic community. #Tacoma #TacomaHistory #ChineseReconciliationPark #history #TheTacomaMethod #VisitTacoma #GritCity #exploretacoma #LeeHeath #movetotacoma @tacomatalks #TacomaParks #TacomaWashington #tacomawa (at Tacoma Chinese Reconciliation Park)
