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Dear Friends, Family, and Somos Primos readers:
Somos Primos, beginning its 16 years of monthly online issues is
welcoming, along with you, 2015.
December 9, 2014 ended with a huge win: Spanish General Bernardo de
Galvez, received Honorary United States citizenship from Congress in
recognition of the importance that Spain's contribution was in achieving
independence from the British. In addition,a Bernardo de Galvez'
portrait was hung prominently, fulfilling a promise made 231 years ago
by the US Congress. It is located in the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee room, right next to President Eisenhower's portrait.
There are diverse and varied heritage activities across the country
revealing an awakening to the positive historic Hispanic/Latino presence
in the United States.
These heritage projects are taking many forms, organized by individuals,
groups, schools, churches, museums, special events, displays, nonprofits/for profit, and even government agencies promoting the story of
the Spanish presence and heritage. This is a history which has been
sadly excluded, misinterpreted, or demeaned . . . the stories of our
ancestors.
If we each challenged ourselves to share our family history, in some
public venue, what a shift of consciousness could be achieved.
Possibilities are endless, in your schools, libraries, oral history projects,
local newspapers, blogs. We can individually and within our sphere of
influence, contribute. Facts are strong witnesses to the truth.
If you hesitate to speak out publicly, share your stories in Somos

Primos. Others have shared their stories and you have read them in the
pages of Somos Primos.
We have all benefited. Your experiences matter. Your thoughts and
lives mattered. They shaped you and you shaped others.
God bless America and God bless Israel.
Happy New Year.
Mimi
www.SomosPrimos.com

Click here: Somos Primos

http://www.somosprimos.com/sp2015/spjan15/spjan15.htm
Dear Friends, Family, and Somos Primos readers:
Somos Primos, beginning its 16 years of monthly online issues is
welcoming,
along with you, 2015.
December 9, 2014 ended with a huge win: Spanish General Bernardo de
Galvez, received Honorary United States citizenship from Congress in
recognition of the importance that Spain's contribution was in achieving
independence from the British. In addition,a Bernardo de Galvez'
portrait was hung prominently, fulfilling a promise made 231 years ago
by the US Congress. It is located in the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee room, right next to President Eisenhower's portrait.
There are diverse and varied heritage activities across the country
revealing an awakening to the positive historic Hispanic/Latino presence
in the United States.
These heritage projects are taking many forms, organized by individuals,

groups, schools, churches, museums, special events, displays, nonprofits/for profit, and even government agencies promoting the story of
the Spanish presence and heritage. This is a history which has been
sadly excluded, misinterpreted, or demeaned . . . the stories of our
ancestors.
If we each challenged ourselves to share our family history, in some
public venue, what a shift of consciousness could be achieved.
Possibilities are endless, in your schools, libraries, oral history projects,
local newspapers, blogs. We can individually and within our sphere of
influence, contribute. Facts are strong witnesses to the truth.
If you hesitate to speak out publicly, share your stories in Somos
Primos. Others have shared their stories and you have read them in the
pages of Somos Primos.
We have all benefited. Your experiences matter. Your thoughts and
lives mattered. They shaped you and you shaped others.
God bless America and God bless Israel.
Happy New Year.
Mimi
www.SomosPrimos.com

TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNITED STATES
Sometimes Congress takes a while to keep its promises
Across the nation, historians were watching
Historical figure Glvez gets his due finally by Jose Antonio Lopez
Dr. Carolina Crimm, shares the December 9th unveiling of the Galvez
portrait
A thank you from Teresa Valcarce Graciani all the help in getting the
Bernardo Galvez Portrait Hung

La Libertad de Los Valientes. Historia de Bernardo de Galvez is on

Facebook
December 16, 2014, Honorary citizenship conferred on Bernardo de
GalvezLatinos in Heritage Conservation: Launching a National Network
Reagan-Bush Family Fairness: A Chronological History
University of Southern California Alum, Frederick Aguirre, goes on the
record for Latino patriots
2015 will Bring the Most Latino Congress in U.S. History
How DACA Has Improved the Lives of Undocumented Young People
El Lejano oeste espanol olvidado: De Pedro Rivera a Jose Antonio de
Rubi
por Jos Antonio Crespo-Francs
Book: The Spanish Army in North America 1700-1793 (Men-at-Arms)
by Rene Chartrand
HERITAGE PROJECT
Art, History & Culture:
Walking the streets of Spain while sketching and listening for voices
from the past by Eddie Martinez
HISTORIC TIDBITS
Hector Perez Garcia, M.D., Historical Marker has been installed at its
original site
Youtube: Looking back: In the Land that Made Me . . Me
Christmas in Goliad, Tejano Author's photo: December 6, 2014
Latino History: An Interchange on Present Realities and Future
Prospects
Creating the Past and Its Futures: Historians at Work, Call for Papers
Deadline January 15, 2015
Kate Smith and the Story Few Know
Today learn more about our Presidents
HISPANIC LEADERS
Herman Badillo, U.S. Congressman August 21, 1929 - December 3,
2014
Juan Flores, Professor/Author September 29, 1943 December 2, 2014

AMERICAN PATRIOTS
Great News for Roll Call by Alfredo Lugo
Ohio Boy's $20 Gift to Soldier Multiplies
Hispanic Generals and Admirals. Barbara A Mitchell
USS Kidd marks Veterans Day with first military director by Mark H.
Hunter
New Members to VA Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans
includes Latinos
Fall 2014 Activities of the 65th Infantry Regiment Borinqueneers
On Veterans Day: In Memory of all who fell, Honoring all who Served Reflections of an Octogenarian by Felipe de Ortego y Gasca
EARLY LATINO PATRIOTS
Rosters of Tejano Patriots of the American Revolution 1776-1783
Bernardo de Glvez y la Independencia de los Estados Unidos Por
Antonio Snchez de Mora
Fixed Regiment of Spanish Louisiana
Love And War The Romance of Bernardo and Marie Felicite By Joe
Perez
SURNAMES
The Royal House of Plantagenet and their Descendants of New Spain
By John D. Inclan
Inside of every human being are our ancestors,
Heraldry of the WorldDNA
The Basque
FAMILY HISTORY
US Census 1850-1890 and Military Records
Chart of Cousins ~ How They Are Related
Gleaning information from photos and family members
FamilySearch Adds More Than 125.4 Million Indexed Records/Images
to the United States
How to GET Goals, not SET Goals in 2015 by Juana Bordas
The Black Telephone

EDUCATION
True Story of the Kids Who Beat MITs Best Robots
2015 Women of Color in Political Science Workshop
Meet Ellen Ochoa,Ph.D., 1st Hispanic Woman in Space
Echoes of Incarceration, a documentary project produced by youth with
incarcerated parents
U.S. encourages students to study in Mexico by Lorena Figueroa
Lessons from Arizona: Mas sabe el diablo por viejo que por diablo
CULTURE
Tobin Center Lags In Latino Inclusion, Antonia Castaeda, Arturo
Madrid
and Toms Ybarra-Frausto
I need to hear music IN SPANISH in my life by Margarito J. Garcia III,
Ph.D.
What do Ireland and Mexico have in common? Let me count the ways
by Gil Sperry
BOOKS AND PRINT MEDIA
Genie's Gifts: "My 15 Grandmothers" by Genie Milgrom
Publishers & Authors may now enter the 2015 International Latino Book
Awards
Spare Parts by Joshua Davis
Gabriel Garca Mrquez life work acquired by The Harry Ransom
Center
Writing through Revelations, Visions and Dreams by Stella Pope
Durarte
Special Books: Books that Change American History
Three Decades of Engendering History: Selected Works of Antonia I.
Castaeda
Timer Warner Signs on as Primary Supporter for NALIP Latino Film
Incubation Program
ORANGE COUNTY, CA

January 10th, 2015, SHHAR Monthly meeting: Author, Alex Moreno

Areyan
SHHAR Report on its 2014 Season
Thank you from John Inclan
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Introduction to The House of Aragon by Michael Brakefort-Grant
Ancient Colombia: A Journey through the Cauca Valley
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, January 31, 2015December
31, 2015
Resurrected Histories: Voices from the Chicano Arts Collectives of
Highland Park
January 14 through February 5, 2012
CALIFORNIA
California Robles Family Researcher
View from the Pier by Herman Sillas
San Ysidro: Voices and Visionaries: Rosalinda mendez Gonzalez, Ph.D.
California Association of Bilingual Education, 2015{ 40th Annual
Conference and Exhibit ShowNORTHWESTERN, US
The New Magdaleno.org is Here!
SOUTHWESTERN, US
They walk into a hole, what they see is mind-blowing by Todd Briscoe
Introduction to: Purgatory in Palomas...Marjorie Lilly in Desert
Exposure
CARE (Caregiver Advise, Record, Enable) Act by Miriam Davidson.
The Kings and Queens of the Duke City Taco Truck Boom
Maria Conchita Marquez de Lucero and husband John Lucero Honored
Mexican American Studies On Trial
Raza de Oro-Vaquero My people are taught by Misael Chico Ramirez?
TEXAS
Alamo Cenotaph: Site of Historic Interest
For Texan of the Year, I nominate Ruben Garcia by Robert Moore

Spanish Land Grants Not Honored by the United States

Rosters of Tejano Patriots of the American Revolution, 1776-1783 by
Jesse O. Villarreal Sr.
San Antonio Historical Association to celebrate its seventy-fifth year in
January 2015
Going Home by Daisy Wanda Garcia
Latin Legacy, Eva Longoria, March 15, 1975 by Christopher Perez
The String of Pearls of the Lower Rio Grande by Jos Antonio Lpez
December 5, 1791 -- Karankawa Crossing to Matagorda Island Found
November 24th, 1835 -- Republic of Texas authorizes Texas Rangers
Navarro Casa Cenotaph - State honor and ongoing major project.
MIDDLE AMERICA
Notas Latinas, a weekly radio program broadcast
Migrant farmworkers remain crucial to harvest
EAST COAST
Manhattan's Unknown History: El Barrio Espaol de Nueva York
Plaque of 126 Spanish Citizens martyred as American Revolutionary
War patriots
Capitulos de la Relacion Suscinta del Descubrimiento de la Floria por
los Espaoles
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
December 11th, 1886, Black Farmers National Alliance and Cooperative
Union Formed
Bernardo de Galvez Honorary Citizenship by Michael N. Henderson
PEN Oakland Acceptance Speech and Report Nina Serrano
INDIGENOUS
In the Land of the Headhunters: British Columbia's first feature film
celebrates 100 years
Fiesta in San Miguel de Allende - Dancers, photos by David Bacon
Navajo Nation buys ceremonial masks at Paris auction, rescues masks

SEPHARDIC
The de Riberas of Spain, Chapter 2 by Michael S. Perez
Americas Hispanic Evangelical Christians Growing and Support the
Jewish State
Sephardic vogue, Argentine immigrants fueling Jewish revival in Spain
Stories By Andy Porras: Gilberto Bosquez Saldivar Aristides de Sousa
Mendes
The Conquistadores and Crypto-Jews of Monterrey by David T Raphael
A Guide to the World's Most Jewish City Outside of Israel: New York
ARCHAEOLOGY
Port Royal, Kingston Harbor, Jamaica
MEXICO
La Capilla de Ojo Zarco
El Historiador Silvio Zavala (1909-2014)
12 de Diciembre, se celebra a Virgen de Guadalupe
Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico descendent of King Ferdnand II by
John Inclan
La Biblioteca Daniel Cosio Villegas
Asunto: La Familia Carvajal y EL Relato visual de lo prodigioso
guadalupano
LIBRO DE DEFUNCIONES DE PARRAS, COAHUILA. AO DE
1846.
Libro de Defunciones de Parras, Coahuila. Ao de 1846
Juan Fernandez Posible Descrubridor de Nuava Zelanda por Jos
Antonio Crespo-Francs
General Don Vicente Riva Palacio
Hacienda de Pozo Hondo, Matrimonio de Casimiento de Indios,
Teodoro Garcia y Agapita AlbarezCARIBBEAN
Florida International University Libraries acquisition of Cuban
genealogy collection
Cuba and the US to restore diplomatic relationships, comments by Eddie
Calderon, Ph.D.
CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA

First Unlooted Royal Tomb of Its Kind Unearthed in Peru

PHILIPPINES
International Beauties From The Philippines; Update by Eddie AAA
Caldern, Ph.D.
Boxer Francisco Guilledo Induction in 1994 into the International
Boxing Hall of Fame
One Million Filipinos and the Booming Outsourcing Business
by Eddie AAA Caldern, Ph.D.
SPAIN
Juan Latino
Magellan Expedition's Voyage the World (1519-1522)
Duchess of Alba, the world's most titled aristocrat, dies
El Archivo Diocesano digitalizar libros y registros de parroquias de la
Isla Tenerife
Monumento a Blas de Lezo: Juan Carlos I presidir el homenaje
ciudadano
Blas de Lezo y la Defensa Heroica de Cartagena de Indias
El Ayuntamiento de Palos por Angel Custodio Rebollo
Escubrimiento de America / Nuevo Estudios
Timeline Spain thru 1899Fate of Ex-Muslim Critic of Islam Hangs in
Balance
INTERNATIONAL
Introduction to Germans Rise Up Against Islamization by Soeren Kern
25 Maps to Help You Understand Your World
The Barbados Cricket Buckle- follow-up news!

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