I would like to meet each and every one of you that is willing to fight for equality.
I want to meet those of you that have been looked at like second class citizen simply because of the color of your skin and not the value of your contributions to our nation.
I want to meet people like myself that know there has to be a better way. And that cruelty, racisms and hatred only breeds more of the same.
I want to meet the people that can look someone in their eyes and not prejudge them but embrace them as a child of God.
Cultivo una rosa blanca
En julio como en enero,
Para el amigo sincero
Que me da su mano franca.
Y para el cruel que me arranca
El corazon con que vivo,
Cardo ni ortiga cultivo,
Cultivo una rosa blanca.
Jose Marti
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Americas Farvorite Cuban Family.The PenasEn 1941, la emisora radial RHC Cadena Azul inaugura
"La Tremenda Corte", con un exito que aun no ha cesado en America Latina. Sin embargo, su nombre ha sido borrado del panorama artistico de la Cuba de Fidel Castro, y el programa fue eliminado de las radioemisoras cubanas hace mas de 40 anos.Ademas de tres patines, Leopoldo Fernandez tambin era conocido por el personaje de Pototo, que igualmente interpretaba de manera magistral dentro de los nones del teatro tradicional cubano.
People of Hispanic origin have played important roles in the defense of the United States since the 13 original colonies declared their independence from Great Britain in 1776. Did you know that:
The famous directive, Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead, was issued by Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, commander of the Union forces at the Battle of Mobile Bay, in Alabama, on August 5, 1864. According to a note in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, torpedoes meant mines. Farragut, perhaps the Civil Wars best-known Hispanic, was the son of Jorge Farragut, a Spaniard born in Minorca who came to the U.S. to fight against the British in the American Revolution and later fought in the War of 1812 as part of the U.S. Navy.
A neighborhood street in Silvis, Illinois, is named after a very special Latino community. It is called Hero Street in honor of the 22 Latino families who live on this one-and-a-half block long street. Together, they have sent over 100 men to three different wars.
From 1963-1973, during the Vietnam conflict, approximately 80,000 Hispanic Americans served in the American military. Although Latinos made up about 4.5 percent of the U.S. population at the time, they incurred more than 19 percent of the casualties.
Marine PFC Guy Gabaldon, from East Los Angeles, single-handedly captured over 1,000 enemy soldiers in the summer of 1944more than anyone in the history of military conflicts.
During the 1861-1865 Civil War, almost 10,000 Mexican Americans, mainly from California, Texas, Alabama, Missouri and New Mexico, served in regular army or volunteer units.
Navy Lt. Everett Alvarez was the first American POW taken in Vietnam. He remained confined for more than eight years, making him the longest confirmed prisoner of war in American history.
Latinos have received more Congressional Medals of Honor than any other ethnic group, in proportion to the number who served. In total, 39 Hispanic Americans have received this decoration, the nations highest award for valor.
Loreta Janeta Velezquez, born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in New Orleans, disguised herself as "Lieutenant Harry T. Buford" and fought for the Confederacy at Bull Run and other battles. Her true identity was discovered by a doctor treating her for a shrapnel wound in her arm. Velezquez then became a Confederate spy in the North.
In 1781, French and American forces were about to abandon their siege of Yorktown for lack of funds. Women in Havana, however, took up a collection and were able to raise a substantial sum of money. By delivering their gift to the French Expeditionary force, they were able to insure that the siege would continue.
Approximately 200 Puerto Rican women served in the Womens Army Corps. Carmen Contreras-Bozak became the first Hispanic woman to serve in the WAC as an interpreter and in numerous administrative capacities.
Colonel Santos Benavides, originally from Laredo, Texas, became the highest-ranking Mexican American in the Confederate Army. As the commander of the 33rd Cavalry, he drove Union forces back from Brownsville, Texas, in March 1864.
The 201st Mexican Fighter Squadron the 201ro Escuadron de Cazawas a unit from Mexico attached to the U.S. 58th Fighter Group (P-47) in the Philippines, where they began combat operation in June 1945. Carlos Foustinos, a former member of the squadron, flew approximately 25 missions, recording six Japanese zero kills. For this feat he was awarded La Cruz de Honor (the Cross of Honor), equivalent to the U.S. Medal of Honor, by the Mexican government.
The 39 Hispanic
American Congressional Medals of Honor Winners
1863 - 2002
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, March 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of The Congress the Medal of Honor to:
Civil War
Sergeant Joseph H. De Castro (Boston, MA) 1863 U.S. Army
Regular Seaman John Ortega (Spain) 1864 U.S. Navy
Regular Seaman Philip Bazaar (Chile) 1865 U.S. Navy
China Relief Expedition/Boxer Rebellion
Private France Silva (Haywood, CA) 1901 U.S. Marine Corps
World War I*First Lieutenant David Barkeley Canto (Laredo, TX) 1918 U.S. Army
World War II
*Private Joe P. Martinez (Taos, NM) 1943 U.S. Army
Staff Sergeant Rudolph B. Davila (El Paso, TX) 1944 U.S. Army
Staff Sergeant Lucian Adams (Port Arthur, TX) 1944 U.S. Army
Sergeant José M. Lopez (Mission, TX) 1944 U.S. Army
Staff Sergeant Macario García (Mexico) 1944 U.S. Army
Private First Class Harold Gonsalves (Alameda, CA) 1945 U.S. Marine Corps
*Private First Class David H. Gonzales (Pacoima, CA) 1945 U.S. Army
Private First Class Silvestre S. Herrera (El Paso, TX) 1945 U.S. Army
Private First Class Manuel Perez, Jr. (Oklahoma City, OK) 1945 U.S. Army
Technical Sergeant Cleto Rodriguez (San Marcos, TX) 1945 U.S. Army
Private First Class Alejandro Rentería Ruiz (Loving, NM) 1945 U.S. Army
*Private First Class José F. Valdez (Governador, NM) 1945 U.S. Army
*Staff Sergeant Ysmael R. Villegas (Casa Blanca, CA) 1945 U.S. Army
Korean War
*First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez (Tampa, FL) 1950 U.S. Marine Corps
*Private First Class Eugene A. Obregon (Los Angeles, CA) 1950 U.S. Marine Corps
*Private First Class Edward Gómez (Omaha, NE) 1951 U.S. Marine Corps
Corporal Rodolfo P. Hernandez (Colton, CA) 1951 U.S. Army
Sergeant Joseph C. Rodriguez (San Bernardino, CA) 1951 U.S. Army
*Corporal Benito Martinez (Fort Hancock, TX) 1952 U.S. Army
*Private First Class Fernando Luis Garcia (Utuado, PR) 1952 U.S. Marine Corps
*Staff Sergeant Ambrosio Guillin (La Junta, CO) 1953 U.S. Marine Corps
Vietnam War
*Specialist Fourth Class Daniel Fernandez (Albuquerque, NM) 1966 U.S. Army
Specialist Fourth Class Alfred V. Rascon (Chihuaha, Mexico) 1966 U.S. Army
*Captain Euripides Rubio (Ponce, PR) 1966 U.S. Army
*Private First Class Carlos James Lozada (Caguas, PR) 1967 U.S. Army
*First Sergeant Maximo Yabes (Lodi, CA) 1967 U.S. Army
Major Jay R. Vargas, Jr. (Winslow, AZ) 1968 U.S. Marine Corps
Master Sergeant Roy P. Benavodez (El Campo, TX) 1968 U.S. Army
*Sergeant Alfredo Gonzales (Edingurge, TX) 1968 U.S. Marine Corps
*Specialist Fourth Class Hector Santiago-Colon (Salinas, PR) 1968 U.S. Army
*Lance Corporal José Francisco Jiménez (Mexico) 1969 U.S. Marine Corps
*Lance Corporal Emilio A. De la Garza, Jr. (Chicago, IL) 1970 U.S. Marine Corps
*Lance Corporal Miguel Keith (San Antonio, TX) 1970 U.S. Marine Corps
Warrant Officer Louis R. Rocco (Albuquerque, NM) 1970 U.S. Army
There were no awards of the Medal of Honor during Grenada, Panama, Lebanon, or Desert Storm