Bracero exhibit set to open at Ontario Museum
Museum of History and Art, Ontario will be unveiling a new exhibit Aug. 25 that showcases the largest guest- worker program in U.S. history.
"Bittersweet Harvest" traces the Bracero experience, from people leaving home and their families to make new lives in the United States, through photographs, audio excerpts and oral histories.
During World War II, the U.S. faced labor shortages and initiated a series of agreements with Mexico to recruit their residents to work on American farms and railroads.
In addition to the exhibit, the museum will host three free public programs. The programs will include the screening of a film, a lecture and family discovery days.
Officials are also asking anyone with personal or family experience with the guest-worker program to contribute oral histories or related documents. It will be made part of the exhibit and forwarded to the national Bracero History Archive.
The exhibit will be at the museum until Oct. 30.
For more information or to contribute, call 909-395-2510.
Museum of History and Art, Ontario is at 225 S. Euclid Ave.
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