Smithsonian museum honoring America’s Latinos has deep ties to Kansas City

The finished artwork of Vania Soto is being sent to Washington, D.C., to become part of a traveling exhibit of the National Museum of the American Latino. Soto wanted her painting to honor farmworkers and began the piece during an Aug. 9 community storytelling event held at Union Station (Mary Sanchez/ The Beacon).

For more than 30 years, the vision has been clear.

A museum dedicated to Latino history will someday take its place alongside other Smithsonian Institution buildings in Washington, D.C…

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