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UNITED STATES
Birth of the United States Marines: Thomas Jefferson and the Barbary Muslim Pirates Abraham Lincoln and Mexico Project 170th Anniversary of the Original Signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo The end of the Españoles, the Méjicanos & the Coming of the Américanos,
1821-1846 by Michael S. Perez
Justice Sonia Sotomayor Charms Crowd of Law Students, Lawyers, Judges An Airline’s Captain Report Congratulations to the 2017 LATINA Style Corporate Executive of the Year San Diego (CA) State University is getting its first Latina scholar to serve as president This Month in Immigration and Naturalization History The Real Clear History of DACA Informative Webinars: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services: U.S.
Department of Homeland Security
Friends of the National Museum, American Latino Cesar Chavez - the Teacher - The Role Model by Rudy Padilla Murder by Metropolitan Area in the USA as Reported by the FBI, 2015
MARIJUANA QUESTIONS/ANSWERS
Epilepsy and Marijuana by Aury L. Holtzman, M.D.
The Use of Cannabis to Treat Children with Epilepsy
SPANISH PRESENCE in the AMERICAS ROOTS
Gratitude to Granaderos y Damas member Henry De Leon A 500 años de la primera circunnavegación del planeta de Magallanes-Elcano
HERITAGE PROJECTS
The Dream, a Remembrance
Rancho del Sueno leads in the development of a Heritage Discovery Center in CaliforniaHISTORIC TIDBITS Maria Coronel becomes "the Woman in Blue"
Hay que acabar con la leyenda negra que pesa sobre la conquista español
HISPANIC LEADERS
Romana Acosta Bañuelos: First Latina treasurer paved path by Alejandra Reyes-Velarde AMERICAN PATRIOTS Remember the heroic acts of four Army chaplains on February 4, 1943 Veterans group honors Pico Rivera student who recorded teacher's anti-military rant.
24 Medals of Honor by Eddie Morin
God and the Spider, a folktale, or real?
EARLY LATINO AMERICAN PATRIOTS
"El Que Tenga Valor, Que Me Siga" Bernardo de Galvez El Paso, Texas DAR Moved to Action in Support of General Bernardo de Galvez History
SURNAMES Acuna | Aguayo | Alba | Alaniz |
Amador | Andrade
DNA
Eva Longoria’s Surprising DNA Test
How DNA Testing Blotched My Family's Heritage, and Probably Yours, Too Ancient Human Genomes DNA Research
FAMILY HISTORY
Book: Translation and Analyses in The Search for the Roots of My Faith by Refugio Fernandez Family Search Quietly Starts Releasing Indexed Mexican Civil Registration Collection
RELIGION
Children Born between 1999-2015 are Most Non-Christian Generation by Amanda Casanova God's Standard for Attaining Citizenship Does God use world leaders to accomplish His geopolitical will by Pete Garcia New Harvard Research says U.S. Christianity is not Shrinking, but growing Stronger by Glenn T. Stanton
EDUCATION
Thursday, March 29th, Viva La Mujer: California State University, San Bernardino The University That Produces the Most Graduates Valley Educators Call for Mexican-American Studies by Danya Perez-Hernandez San Diego State Selects New President, Adela de la Torre Center for School, College, and Career Resources (CSCCR) Fighting Bullying Through Hip Hop
CULTURE
March 3: My Family. Mi Herencia. Featuring Luz de Las Naciones La Filosofia de Jose Bacedoni Bravo Pensamientos
HEALTH/MEDICINE
Rehab Riviera: Industry struggling to get clean, Part 1
California testing Vermont’s model to fight addiction, Part 2
BOOKS AND PRINT MEDIA
Book: From Santa Anna To Selena: Notable Mexicanos and Tejanos in Texas History since 1821,
by Dr. Harriett Denise Joseph, La Voz Newspapers, September 2005 to the present La Voz de la Esparanza History of La Prensa, published in San Antonio from 1913 to 1963 by Nora E. Rios McMillan SHHAR Genealogical Journals 1-5 and Somos Primos, 1990-1999 Three Chicana/o Scholars & Historians Complete History Doctorates in the North Texas Area in 2017 Gilberto Quezada's Epiphany
FILMS, TV, RADIO, INTERNET
Maya Faces in a Smoking Mirror
ORANGE COUNTY, CA
March 10, 2018 SHHAR Monthly meeting, speaker Victor Chavez "From the Earliest of New Mexican Settlers, 1598 to Los Angeles and "Chavez Ravine"
Small Town America: Life in Early El Toro, California March 31, 2018: Abraham Lincoln and Mexico, Presenter, Sylvia Contreras Resident Releases Book article in East Hampton New Bulletin, January 19,
2018
Who am I? asks Albert V. Vela
Photo: Orange Picker
Photo: Gaylords, Westminster High School Club Orange County 1800s Cultural Intermarrying Computerized Analysis of the 1836 Padrón
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
My First Time on Stage and My First Dog by Mimi Lozano, Life Story, Chapter 3 Maya Cinemas, We've Moved The Jose G. Ramos Newsletter
CALIFORNIA
March 24, 2018 : Swallows Day Parade and Fiesta de Las Golondrinas, begins 11:00 Hidden Heritages: San José’s French Pioneer Families 1848–1900 Dissolution of the California State Genealogical Alliance (CSGA) From mission to majesty: A genealogy & history of early California and royal European ancestors Los Gobernadores Españoles de California Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo: San Diego, California The Town of Los Alamitos began as a Spanish Grant by Margrit Kendrick April 7th & 8th 2018: Julian Gold Rush Days Daughters of Utah Pioneers Camp 1846, Battle of San Pasqual The Mormon Battalion Annual Commemoration Event
NORTHWESTERN, US
Camps: The Organizational Structure of Daughters of Utah Pioneers
SOUTHWESTERN, US
Indian slavery once thrived in New Mexico. Latinos are finding family ties to it.
