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Dear Friends and Primos:
Thank you for a great year of receiving your cuentos, interesting assortment of articles, tidbits, news items, book reviews, etc. It has been a joy to share your thoughts and life experiences. It appears that Somos Primos, in its 15th year as an online publications, is part of a public history movement across the country which was started by social historians about 50 years ago. Public history studies the experiences of every day people in the past. The importance of gathering Joe and Jane Smith's history has now expanded to include an interest in Joe and Juana Garcia's history. The Internet and World Wide Web is facilitating and expediting public history gathering. You are part of the effort.
I intended Somos Primos to be a easy site for sharing our Latino heritage. You may not feel you have a book to write, but you do have events which shaped you. Please write, share your unique life memories, what you learned along the way. Write, to honor your ancestors. Write,
for your descendents to know you. Write, so Latinos will have a
recognized presence in history. You are special. You are you, and no one else has experienced being you.
I hope you all enjoyed observing Hispanic Heritage Month in some special activity or event. If you attended or organized an event, please send photos and a paragraph or two, who, what, when, where the event took place.
The fall holidays are here. Having just completed Halloween activities, in November we have the opportunity to celebrate our Hispanic culture in Dia de los Muertos and our American culture in Thanksgivings Day activities. We can also look forward to Christmas in December, and if a Jewish line has been discovered, Chanukah too. Perhaps, past celebrations will trigger a memory to share.
Through the yearly observations of these holidays, comes an awareness that physical life is fleeting, there is an Almighty Heavenly Father, and the family unit is precious. Please feel invited to send stories, thoughts and photos for the December issue.
Under Culture, I've included information about a Calaveras Poetry contest that I helped organized 20 years ago. It is not too late to write a 2014 Calaveras, and if you do, please do send it along. I wrote a Calavera for inclusion in the article.
God bless, Mimi
TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNITED STATES
John F. Kennedy recognized the Spanish influence, a tremendous story Remembering Our Hispanic Heroes by Daisy Wanda Garcia New York City Council Urges Congress to Pass American Latino Museum Act Hispanic Heritage: How Did We End Up In These 4 Places? by Arturo Conde Hispanic Heritage Month Honors Bi-lingual Texas by José Antonio López Hispanics' 'third-generation U-turn' Immigrants rise by Álvaro Ortiz Something to Think About Before You Make Contributions Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, American Values Laid HERITAGE PROJECTS Eddie Martinez latest project: Cuauhtemoc, the Last Warrior King Song inspires writer to search for nameless victims in ‘Deportees’ plane crash NACCS Tejas Foco Committee on Pre-K-12 Court Commemorates 1946 'Mendez V. Westminster' Trial The Boulder County Latino History Project Dorinda Moreno/SALT60th: Sharing works in progress Vibrant San Diego: Alliance of California for Traditional Arts'
Roundtable Series
HISTORY TIDBITS
The History of the Star Spangled Banner
How the State of Texas Suffers from Historical Amnesia Day by Day: On this Date in Texas History
October 2nd, 1835: Texas Revolution begins at Gonzales
October 13, 1845: Republic of Texas accepts annexation The Real Story About What Ended the Great Depression HISPANIC LEADERS Bert William Colima, Sports: Sept 9, 1931- Aug 20, 2014
Elizabeth Pena, Hollywood: 1959 - Oct 14, 2014
Porfirio Gus Cadenas, Educator: Aug 21,1932 -July 2014 2014 LATINO PATRIOTS
Photo: 2004, Five Medal of Honor Recipients
Play: Roll Call by Alfred Lugo
YouTube: WWII - Amazing B-17 & P-51 pilots meet.
Heroes Not Forgotten website, requests stories
Video: Ninth WWI Dawn Patrol Rendezvous
Medal of Honor Displayed at Defense Intelligence Agency Headquarters
Book: American by Choice by Captain Alfredo Fuentes
B-17 Aircraft story
EARLY LATINO PATRIOTS
Novedades sobre el cuadro de Bernardo de Galvez The Donativo Transcription Project - NSDAR SURNAMES The Ancestors of John D. Inclan The Spencer Family of England DNA 23andMe lands $1.4 million grant from NIH to detect genetic roots for disease Ancient Humans Bred with Completely Unknown Species by April Holloway Mothers outnumbered fathers throughout much of human history Laura Geggel The Faces of Ancient Hominids Brought to Life in Remarkable Detail by April Holloway FAMILY HISTORY Genealogy by Barry Newsletter, 4,500 resources EDUCATION Two DREAMer students recognized by Mexico’s Pres Enrique Peña Nieto Importance of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Producing
Black Doctorates in STEM Fields
Two historically (1881 and 1900) black Austin institutions of higher education merged in 1952 Alma Ocampo-Nuñez, Bilingual Lead Teacher in Chicago, IL Amadis Velez, Hispanic Heritage Teacher Profile Alex Caputo-Pearl: Top Teacher by John Rogers U.S. high school dropout rate reaches record low, driven by improvements
among Hispanics, blacks
Documenting and Preserving the Post-WWII Mexican Americans in LA Peace Corps assignment can build to master's at CSUB Diplomas Recognize Bilingual Fluency Ethnic Studies Enhances World Outlook & Education by Jimmy Franco Sr.
Repeat performance: NJ school blocking faith-based club Bob Kellogg
CULTURE
In Memoriam: Lázaro Cárdenas altar
Latino Virtual Museum Día de los Muertos interactive iBook!
1994, Day of the Dead Calaveras Poetry Contest by Mimi Lozano Book of the Undead, New Mexico Goblin and Ghost Folklore
by Ray John De Aragon
Our America: the Latino Presence in American Art Celebrating a Partnership of Two West Coasts by Jake Cigainero
2014 Fall Tour: Jose-Luis Orozco Bilingual Educator, Children's Author What Happens when piece of street art cleverly interacts with nature. .
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Hispanic Weavings: October 16- January 1, 2015 "El Boxeo" Charity Screening BOOKS AND PRINT MEDIA Somos Primos, published 1990-1999 available on DVD NAHP's José Martí Awards are a Reflection of the Strength pf Hispanic Print
by Kirk Whisler
An Immigrant’s Journey in Search of The American Dream, by Mateo Camarillo How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent by Julia Alvarez A Spanish Hapsburg Trilogy by Linda Carlino La Belle Créole: The Cuban Countess Who Captivated Havana, Madrid and Paris by Alina García Lapuerta Our Sacred Maíz is our Mother: Indigeneity and belonging in the Americas by Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez Diccionario, Clave Del Inglés by Carlos B. Vega, Ph.D.
ORANGE COUNTY, CA
Saturday, Nov 8, 2014: Discovering Sephardic-Jewish Ancestry
John Inclan and Mimi Lozano
Nov 1 and 15: Journey Stories, Heritage Museum of Orange County Oil Wells of Huntington Beach, 1926 Nov 6: Dia de Los Muertos de Barranda, OC Hispanic Bar Association Leatherby Libraries at Chapman University in Orange LOS ANGELES COUNTY November 1, 2014 Latino Book and Family Latino heart of LA By Aitana Vargas Stationed in Los Angeles by Hugh Hart “Programmatic buildings” – structures that look like objects A place of Latino pride and heritage by Helene Lesel Casa Vega: A Successful L.A. Mexican Restaurant's
Glamorous Hollywood History by Jessica Montoya Coggins CALIFORNIA Federal Grant Received to Support the Preserve Latino History Initiative!
How Vaqueros Saved the Big Island of Hawaii by Galal Kernahan History of Neighborhood House in Logan Heights: WW II Times NHBWA News Brief While I lived in California . . . . by Eddie Calderon, Ph.D.
NORTHWESTERN, US
Welcome to Idaho
SOUTHWESTERN, US
Special Collections Librarian, Joe Moreno to be honored October 18, 1915 Follower of Mexican anarchist causes train crash List of the 14 soldiers who accompanied Antonio Espejo in 1583 Arizona Humanities to offer two new FREE programs for veterans!
Lecture on the Salinas Pueblos Jumanos
Re-evaluation of Archival Evidence Relating to the Salinas Pueblo Jumanos by Deni J. Seymour
TEXAS
Texas Tejanos - A Revolution Remembered - 1835-1836 Texas State Hispanic Genealogy/History Conf., McAllen, TX Saturday November 15th: Annual Battle of Medina Reenactment On This Day . . .
October 8th, 1926, the Witte Memorial Museum opened in San Antonio August 28th, 1767, Hugo Oconór becomes ad interim governor of Texas Jo Emma's Guerra family tree by Gilberto Quezada "El Tartamudo" by Henry A. Garcia, Jr.
The Tejano Origins of Pan de Campo, Casa Navarro The first census of Texas, 1829-1836, to which are added
citizenship lists, 1821-1845
MIDDLE AMERICA
The Religious Celebration of Señor de Los Milagros by Eddie AAA Calderón, Ph.D.
Wade Falcon posting information on Canary Islanders of Louisiana EAST COAST November 15 Harvest-time in colonial Florida Hispanic American Youth Group of Deltona (HAYGD) with the Borinqueneers "Out of many, One" 6-acre sand/dirt portrait AFRICAN-AMERICAN Rural Heritage Museum opens Rosenwald Schools Exhibit North Carolina Confederate pomp amid burial of slave's daughter African-Born Population in U.S. Roughly Doubled Every Decade Since 1970 INDIGENOUS Palo Alto College Native American/Hispanic Heritage
Month Celebration 2014
Day by Day, Texas State Historical Association
Oct 7th, 1759 Indians defeat Spanish force on Red River
Oct 11th, 1878 Kiowa chief commits suicide Book Review: An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the
United States by Roxanne-Dunbar Ortiz
SEPHARDIC
Film: Day of Wrath, full movie on the Spanish Inquisition Brief Jewish History Timeline Remnants of Crypto-Jews Among Hispanic Americans by Gloria Golden
500 Years After the Spanish And Portuguese Inquisitions
What Remnants of Judaism Remain? by Gloria Golden Sephardic Resources compiled by John Inclan,
proof and support to his lineages connections to Sephardic roots Call for Papers, 25th Annual Conference, Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies ARCHAEOLOGY Asian cave painting rewrite the history of art by Tom Whipple Ancient Indonesian Cave Paintings Force Rethink of Art’s Origin by Kate Wong Oregon caves may upend understanding of humans in Americas The Hobbit turns 10: a Find that rewrote human history by Pallab Ghosh MEXICO Video Mexican engineer El Homenaje a Don Luis Herrera Gonzalez.
Celebran Natalicio de Jose Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara La Apertura del Sendero Histórico de la Batalla de la Angostura Registro eclesiástico de la defunción del Norteamericano Santiago L.
Sheperd
Registro eclesiástico de la defunción del Señor don José Díaz Registro eclesiástico de la defunción de Doña Petrona Mori Libro de Butismos de la Iglesia del Señor San José de la CD de Mexico de los
personajes extranjeros radicado
Registro eclesiástico de la defunción del General de División Francisco Murguía
López de Lara
General Francisco Murguía.
PUERTO RICO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Antiguo Acueducto del Río Piedras
The Foreign Born from Latin America and the Caribbean: 2010 CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA Landfill Harmonic Orchestra, Cateura, Paraguay Guatemalan entrepreneurs make urban living a community project by
Anna-Claire Bevan (Latina Lista) Buenos Aires (AP) Argentina launches its first home-built satellite Brazil’s “Dalai Lama of the Rainforest” Faces Death Threats New discoveries confirm astronomical knowledge of Incas at Machu Picchu
by April Holloway
Peruvian Children Employed as Domestic Help in Country Fuente Magna, the Controversial Rosetta Stone of the Americas
by April Holloway, October 2, 2014 PHILIPPINES The Filipinos in San Diego, California --1900 to 1946
by Eddie AAA Calderón, Ph.D.
Filipino Migrant in San Diego, California 1900-1946 by Adelaida Castillo Surrender of the Last Spanish Garrison in Philippines at Baler, District of
El Principe 27 June 1898 thru 2 Jun 1899 by Olag S. Selaznog SPAIN Cotton, hot sun, and gitanos, in southern Spain
Eve A. Ma (Dr. L. Eve Armentrout Ma, Esq.) La costa de Huelva en la época del Descubrimiento
por Angel Custodio Rebollo
Scholars Finally Able to Pinpoint Where Columbus Departed from Spain Diferente significado, por Angel Custodio Rebollo Spain and the Scottish Referendum on Independence in 2014
by Eddie AAA Calderón, Ph.D.
Spain's wealthy Catalonia region called off an independence vote Silver Tiara Among Treasures Discovered in Bronze Age Tomb Building Structure Found in Spain Dated Back to Bronze Age Beardless Jesus' found in Spain The Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso
INTERNATIONAL
Public Dance Segments All Over the World to the Song, Trip the Light “Españoles olvidados en Tahití: Domingo de Boenechea”
by José Antonio Crespo-Francés
The Tragedy of Florence, Bill Stephany, my Virgil today
Values: With God's help we can learn to love our enemies
by the Rev. Philip Devaul
“Pepin’s Donation.” to the Pope