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Operation Pedro Pan: When Cuban Parents Sent Their Children Alone to the United States

Program Type:

Local History

Age Group:

Adults, Everyone, Adults 55+
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Event Details

This program is about the journey of more than 14,000 children from Fidel Castro's Cuba to the United States.

The lecture is based on John Gronbeck-Tedesco's book Operation Pedro: The Migration of Unaccompanied Children From Castro's Cuba.

This program is sponsored by the Yonkers Historical Society,