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It's El Mes de la Hispanidad, at your library and everywhere else
Hispanic Heritage Month is underway. You might be excused for wondering what kind of month begins on the 15th instead of the first, if you're not in a town with a significant Mexican presence. Otherwise you surely would have heard the grito last night (or on Saturday—here in the US we're not purists; we love to reschedule holidays to fall on weekends).
September 15 to October 15 is the month of celebration because, for one thing, independence day for five American countries was yesterday: Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.
In Mexico, today marks the date in 1810 when Miguel Hidalgo delivered the impassioned cry for freedom—el grito—that, by and by, shook the whole hemisphere. Coincidentally, today's also the birthday of Mexican revolutionary hero Ricardo Flores Magón.
It's an old, wildly festive tradition all over Mexico to gather with thousands of people in a public square in the middle of the night and hear the local mayor or governor or, if you're in Mexico City, the president, repeat Hidalgo's resounding speech.
Sad to say, this year's celebration was ruined in Morelia, Michoacán by some bastard who planted
explosives amongst the multitude. At this writing there were seven known deaths and at least 80 people hurt. The first terrorist act in recent history aimed at a crowd in Mexico.
It will be a whole month of anniversaries. On the 23rd, a week from today, Puerto Ricans celebrate another valiant cry for justice: the Grito de Lares, the 1868 uprising against Spanish dominance on the island. You can read about that heroic effort in the online cultural publication El Boricua.
Loida gave you a list of some of the many wonderful library celebrations going on in US that are marking the month. You can see the poster from Tulsa's public libraries, with the great events they kicked off last weekend (and órale, they're screening Born in East LA). Libraries like the one in Springfield, Massachusetts have put together nice pages and bibliographies like this one. The one at the County of Los Angeles Public Library lists a bunch of great events, too. If you're doing something this year, or planning to start next year, have yourself some fun.
It's El Mes de la Hispanidad, at your library and everywhere else
September 16, 2008
Hispanic Heritage Month is underway. You might be excused for wondering what kind of month begins on the 15th instead of the first, if you're not in a town with a significant Mexican presence. Otherwise you surely would have heard the grito last night (or on Saturday—here in the US we're not purists; we love to reschedule holidays to fall on weekends).September 15 to October 15 is the month of celebration because, for one thing, independence day for five American countries was yesterday: Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.
In Mexico, today marks the date in 1810 when Miguel Hidalgo delivered the impassioned cry for freedom—el grito—that, by and by, shook the whole hemisphere. Coincidentally, today's also the birthday of Mexican revolutionary hero Ricardo Flores Magón.
It's an old, wildly festive tradition all over Mexico to gather with thousands of people in a public square in the middle of the night and hear the local mayor or governor or, if you're in Mexico City, the president, repeat Hidalgo's resounding speech.
Sad to say, this year's celebration was ruined in Morelia, Michoacán by some bastard who planted
explosives amongst the multitude. At this writing there were seven known deaths and at least 80 people hurt. The first terrorist act in recent history aimed at a crowd in Mexico.It will be a whole month of anniversaries. On the 23rd, a week from today, Puerto Ricans celebrate another valiant cry for justice: the Grito de Lares, the 1868 uprising against Spanish dominance on the island. You can read about that heroic effort in the online cultural publication El Boricua.
Loida gave you a list of some of the many wonderful library celebrations going on in US that are marking the month. You can see the poster from Tulsa's public libraries, with the great events they kicked off last weekend (and órale, they're screening Born in East LA). Libraries like the one in Springfield, Massachusetts have put together nice pages and bibliographies like this one. The one at the County of Los Angeles Public Library lists a bunch of great events, too. If you're doing something this year, or planning to start next year, have yourself some fun.
Posted by Bruce Jensen on September 16, 2008 | Comments (0)
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