Las Vegas Sun

March 29, 2024

LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

Museum honoring Latino heritage deserves support

This past week Cinco de Mayo was celebrated. At the same time, a federal commission has sent a proposal to the president and Congress to establish a national museum devoted to American Latino history and culture. The museum would be built next to the Capitol as part of the Smithsonian Institution. The Associated Press reported that the Latino museum would join the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and another planned to open in four years, the National Museum of African-American History and Culture. I support building this Latino museum.

Henry Munoz III, chairman of the presidential commission that recommended the construction of a Latino museum, wrote that there must be “a living monument that recognizes that Latinos were here well before 1776 and that in this century, the future is increasingly Latino, more than 50 million people and growing.”

Our Latino community deserves the same respect and honor as American Indians and African-Americans. Latinos helped build our country, making America the great power it is today. Therefore, the living monument this museum will be is exemplary and edifying for all Americans.

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