Last updated: 4/21/2015
337 E. Weber Ave.Stockton, CA 95204
This is a National Museum celebrating the heritage of Filipinos in the United States. Exhibits will not just be local but from all over the United States.
THE MISSION of the Filipino American National Historical Society shall be to promote understanding, education, enlightenment, appreciation, and enrichment through the gathering, identification, preservation, and dissemination of the history and culture of Filipino Americans in the United States.
In 1763, Filipino seamen established a settlement in what now is known as Louisiana. The Spanish American War made American "nationals" of Filipinos and from the early 1900's through 1935, they were free to enter the United States as long as they had the price of a boat ticket.
Waiting to be told are the stories of the descendants of those "Spanish colonial" seamen, early workers in sugar plantations of Hawaii, men who served in the U.S. Navy since World War I, women who came in the 1920s and 1930s, ambitious and aspiring college students, eager young workers who toiled in canneries in Alaska, farms in California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, and Montana, the railroads, kitchens and restaurants, as postal workers or houseboys, the American-born second generation of pre-World War II days, war brides, and countless others who constitute the subsequent groups of immigrants from the Philippines.
Stories of the Depression, riots, and discrimination, vignettes of dance halls, gambling and other "leisure time" activities, the lodges, churches and organized Filipino communities, the process of acculturation, and the value of family are some of the information FANHS will collect and share.
This information, including business hours, addresses and contact information is
provided for general reference purposes only. No representation is made or warranty is given as
to its content or the reliability thereof. User assumes all risk of use. Stories USA, Inc.
and its content suppliers assume no responsibility for any loss or delay resulting from such
use. Please call ahead to verify the dates, the location and directions.