
On September 28, join @UMCHC for a virtual book talk by @Professor_G_T, featuring comment by @michaymicha. mailchi.mp/miami.edu/libr…
Pedro Pans
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@PedroPans
This is a site dedicated to Pedro Pan memory and to Cuban American life more broadly. We welcome opinions, images, articles, and of course, memories.

On September 28, join @UMCHC for a virtual book talk by @Professor_G_T, featuring comment by @michaymicha. mailchi.mp/miami.edu/libr…









11,900 "encounters" with unaccompanied children at the border in September. The difference between these kids and those in the 1960s? I write about that here⬇️ U.S. sees migrant children as a problem. But once it welcomed them. washingtonpost.com/made-by-histor…





Today in 1961: Eight-year-old Margarita Lora arrives in Miami, Florida after leaving Cuba as part of Operation Pedro Pan—a program that airlifted over 14,000 unaccompanied to the U.S. between 1960 and 1962. She took this dress with her on the journey 👗: ow.ly/XS6R30liP6C
