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New Exhibition Alert: “How Can You Forget Me: Filipino American Stories”
Opens December 23, 2025, and runs through November 28, 2027.
The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center is excited to announce our first exhibition at the National Museum of American History!
“How Can You Forget Me” explores the history of Filipino American migration, labor, and community-building in Stockton, California from the 1910s to the 1970s through objects found in a trove of steamer trunks recovered in 2005, three of which are on display in the gallery. The exhibition opens a window into what was once the largest population of Filipinos living outside of the Philippines. Mark your calendars to come visit the exhibition during its 2-year run.
#myAPAC #SmithsonianAPAC #SmithsonianAsianPacificAmericanCenter #SmithsonianHCYFM #HowCanYouForgetMe #HCYFM #FilAmHistory #FilipinoAmericanHistory #AANHPIStories #StocktonCalifornia
13 Dec 2025
"It's about agency. Agency in a very difficult environment."
As part of "For the Common Good: Smithsonian Voices on Our Shared Future 250," Georgetown University professor Erwin Tiongson reflects on the stories of a trailblazing Filipino community in California from the 1910s to the 1970s.
Tiongson served on the exhibition advisory committee for "How Can You Forget Me: Filipino American Stories," an exhibition presented by the by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center (@smithsonianapa). Featuring over fifty artifacts, along with objects loaned from the Filipino American community in Stockton, CA, this exhibition helps us remember the people whose labor contributed to the growth of California’s agricultural industry and paved the way for future generations of Filipino immigrants.
"How Can You Forget Me: Filipino American Stories" is on view in the National Museum of American History through 2027. Learn more about the exhibition at the link in bio.
#2026Folklife #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth
27 Oct 2026
Happy Birthday, Maxine Hong Kingston!
Today, in the heart of spooky season, we celebrate the birthday of a literary icon whose storytelling is haunting in the best way.
Maxine Hong Kingston grew up immersed in the oral storytelling traditions of her Chinese immigrant family. Raised speaking Cantonese, she learned English in school and discovered her passion for writing at age nine.
Her groundbreaking memoir, “The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts” (1976), weaves together folk tales, family legends, and the lives of generations of Chinese American women. Ghosts appear throughout its pages, both as figures from the stories she heard growing up and as symbols of the memories, history, and expectations that linger. The book earned the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and continues to shine a light on the struggles and triumphs of the Chinese American experience.
📸: Maxine Hong Kingston, National Portrait Gallery
27 Oct 2026
Today we celebrate the second annual Larry Itliong Day!
On October 25, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom proclaimed "Larry Itliong Day" in California, honoring the 112th anniversary of the birth of this legendary labor leader.
Larry Itliong led organizing efforts among farmworkers and major labor strikes that transformed working conditions across California and beyond. His work reshaped the American labor movement through a commitment to working-class unity and cross-cultural coalition building. Itliong championed workers’ dignity and fought for their rights to fair wages, safe labor conditions, and collective action. Today, we celebrate his enduring legacy and the generations he continues to inspire.
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Larry Itliong speaking in front of United Farm Workers flag, 1960s. Photo courtesy of the United Farm Workers Collection, Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University
Larry Itliong’s passport, 1960s. Johnny Itliong and Sandra Itliong Bowman. Photo by Phillip R. Lee
Larry Itliong’s jacket, 1960s. Patricia Serda. Photo by Phillip R. Lee
25 Oct 2026
Instead of brushes like traditional paintings, Carlos Villa used his own body as the tool—pressing his chest, hands, feet, and face onto canvas. The result is made to feel like a ritual, a movement.
Villa’s face emerges and fades within the paint, a powerful affirmation of his identity as a Filipino American artist. In the 1950s, he was told “Filipino art history doesn’t exist.” He spent the rest of his career proving otherwise—drawing inspiration from Indigenous, Asian, and Western traditions to create a vibrant personal aesthetic.
This piece “During” (1982) is currently on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) @americanart
🖼️: Carlos Villa, “During,” 1982, acrylic on canvas, 82 x 72 in. (208.3 x 182.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible through Federal support from the Asian Pacific American Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2023.26, © Carlos Villa Art Estate.
#FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth #FAHM
23 Oct 2026
In 2015, Congress passed the Filipino Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act (Public Law 114-265). President Barack Obama signed it into law on December 14, 2016, awarding the highest U.S. civilian honor to Filipino and American WWII veterans who served under U.S. command in the Far East.
The law directed the U.S. Mint to design a unique medal honoring Filipino, American, and Filipino American veterans for their outstanding wartime achievements and honorable service.
The medal's design depicts a trio of historical service members: a Filipino scout, a Filipino infantry regiment officer, and a guerrilla soldier. In the foreground, an infantryman on guard stands alert, symbolizing the fierce determination and readiness of the troops.
📸: Filipino Veterans of World War II, Congressional Gold Medal, American History Museum @amhistorymuseum
#FAHM #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth
21 Oct 2026
Every loop of this cursive tells a story bigger than just an elaborate display of cursive penmanship. The Binondo Boys' School was part of a system first built under Spanish rule, where classes were taught in Spanish and attendance was mostly limited to the privileged. Then, after the 1898 Treaty of Paris, the Philippines passed to the United States, and the classroom changed almost overnight: English replaced Spanish, American flags and eagles appeared on exam papers, and new lessons highlighted select American leaders. Education opened to more students, but it also became a tool for shaping identity.
Papers like this were likely sent to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair as part of the Philippine exhibits, showcasing English instruction and graded penmanship. This single piece of schoolwork opens a window into a much larger story: how expansion shaped education, how language became a tool of power, and how generations of Filipinos navigated questions of identity long before the masses reached the United States.
📸: Alejandro Ramos's Examination Paper from the Binondo Boys School, Manila, Philippines circa 1900, American History Museum @amhistorymuseum
#FAHM #FilipinoAmericanHeritageMonth
19 Oct 2026
The Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company is the oldest folk-dance ensemble in the Philippines. Organized in 1957 by Helena Benitez, the company has performed in over 60 countries on six continents.
During a 1964 tour of the United States, their performance was recorded and later released by Monitor Records, a New York City-based label. The album offers a musical sampling of the wide range of influences that enrich and embody the "communal unity," of the vast culture of the Philippines — as "Bayanihan" means "being in a [community]" in Tagalog.
Check out "Bayanihan on Tour," a Smithsonian Folkways Recording @smithsonianfolkways
💿🎶✨🔗 Link in our bio.
#FAHM #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth
16 Oct 2026
Some of history’s most extraordinary stories begin with an ordinary object.📦
When they were finally opened, these steamer trunks turned out to be time capsules of Filipino American history.
Inside: letters, suits, keepsakes, and the stories of the farmworkers who helped build a community that still thrives today. Learn more about this story with our @smithsonianapa.
13 Oct 2026
Today marks 100 years since Daguhoy Lodge No. 528 was chartered on October 10, 1926, by Cruz Renario. It was the first Legionarios del Trabajo (LDT) lodge chartered in the San Joaquin Valley and Delta.
In 1937, the lodge purchased its building at 203 E. Hazelton St. in Stockton, California. It would become much more than a meeting hall — it became an essential center of community life for generations of Filipinos.
As Filipino workers became indispensable to the San Joaquin Delta’s agricultural industry, many settled in Stockton, building one of the largest Filipino American communities outside the Philippines. At a time when marginalized Filipino communities faced discrimination and exclusion from many aspects of American civic and social life, lodges like Daguhoy provided something essential: a place to gather, organize, find shelter, care for one another, and build community on their own terms.
Daguhoy Lodge served as a hub for social gatherings, meetings, worship, and lodging for members and migrant workers during seasonal harvests. It was a place that helped Filipino workers and families navigate life far from home.
The lodge also provided practical support. Community members kept their suitcases and steamer trunks there, while the LDT cared for the belongings of deceased members until they could be sent home or claimed by loved ones.
For a century, Daguhoy Lodge has been a place where Filipino communities gathered for festivals, dances, communal meals, and other traditions that kept ancestral culture alive. Its history reminds us that these lodges were vital institutions of mutual aid, belonging, and resilience for a marginalized community building a life and a future in the United States.
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Legionarios del Trabajo convention, 1932. Photo courtesy of Filipino Agricultural Workers Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Legionarios del Trabajo band members, 1930s. Photo courtesy of Filipino Agricultural Workers Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
10 Oct 2026
Kulintang Kultura pays homage to the late Danongan "Danny" Kalanduyan, a talented musician and generous teacher who championed traditional Filipino kulintang gong music in the United States, helping keep its memory and practice alive.
💿 Disc 1 features Kalanduyan's ensemble at the peak of their powers, performing a traditional Philippine repertoire.
💿 Disc 2 turns to Filipino musicians in the diaspora who weave those traditions into electronica, hip-hop, rock, jazz, and other contemporary styles.
Check out Kulintang Kultura: Danongan Kalanduyan and Gong Music of the Philippine Diaspora, a Smithsonian Folkways Recording @smithsonianfolkways
💿🎶✨🔗 Link in our bio.
#FAHM #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth
09 Oct 2026
Today we remember Grace Lee Boggs (June 27, 1915 – October 5, 2015), an author, philosopher, feminist, and activist who spent more than 70 years fighting for a better world.
A Chinese American leader in the civil rights, labor, and Black Power movements, Grace made Detroit her home base. There, she and her husband, James Boggs, became two well-known voices for change in the 1960s and '70s. Her work also extended to feminism and the environment.
🖼️: Original Illustration by Illi Ferandez.
From APAC’s publication, “We Are Here: 30 Inspiring Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Have Shaped the United States,” by Naomi Hirahara, illustrated by Illi Ferandez.
05 Oct 2026
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