Landmark Filipino American exhibit opens at Smithsonian Museum

Landmark Filipino American exhibit opens at Smithsonian Museum

WASHINGTON, DC – In 2005, Antonio Somera was cleaning out the basement of the Daguhoy Lodge in Stockton, California, which is owned by the Legionarios del Trabajo fraternal organization. To his surprise, he discovered a basement filled with dozens of luggage piled on top of each other. They were suitcases and large steamer trunks (also called “foot lockers”) that early Filipino immigrants carried when they boarded ships for America and when they…