World’s Fair displayed Filipinos as ‘savages.’ A century later, Clayton marks mistreatment

World’s Fair displayed Filipinos as ‘savages.’ A century later, Clayton marks mistreatment

More than 100 gathered in Clayton on Friday to unveil a plaque commemorating "The Philippine Village Historical Site," part of an effort for a fuller history of the World's Fair.

A new historical marker in Clayton remembers the violent history of the Philippine Village

Artist and researcher Janna Añonuevo Langholz led the effort to establish a marker at the site of the former brutal “human zoo” in the 1904 World’s Fair.