FW: Somos Primos July 2013 154th Online Issue

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Dear Primos and Friends:

Wishing you a Happy 4th of July. Hope you all relaxed and refreshed, basking in the freedom which we Americans enjoy.

Twenty five years ago, my husband and I traveled on our own to the Middle East, visiting Israel and Egypt. Staying for a few nights in Cairo, we were able to observe the people. In Egypt, men in military uniform with rifles on their backs are plentiful the streets, watching.
One uniformed man, wore a gun holster on his belt, and carried a short whip. As we were about to cross the street, I noticed before us, a father and son. As they were about to pass the uniformed man, he with a grin struck the father once with the whip, as they passed,. The father just winced. I remember the look of the child's face, as he looked up to his father, wondering, confused, helpless, why?

In Tel-Aviv we slept in a hotel facing the American Consulate. From our window.. we could see the bullet holes in their walls. In the south, in Elat, (also known as Bay of Aqaba) we slept in a small hotel with a wire fence separating us from Jordan. From my bed, I could see the machine gun directed towards the hotel. Terrorist attacks and suicide bombers were increasing in number while we were there. Several times, a location where we had been the day before was bombed, or attacked. Even an ice cream poisoning took place. We traveled to the Golan Heights and soon realized how really small Israel is. You can comfortably travel from one end of Israel to the other in one day. The walls surrounding the old city of Jerusalem, enclose an area about the size of one of our larger malls. Israel's existence is a miracle.

I have several life images that I would like to share:

The most telling vision of the living conditions is the following: In Israel, agriculture, dairy, and other farms are conducted in kibbutz .
These are isolated cooperatives run by the people that live there, who are on alert 24 hours a day. In order to protect themselves from the marauding Arabs, the kibbutz are protected in various ways. In one section the farms were protected by rows of rolled barbwire fences. At one site, I think I counted at least 6 rows of rolled barbwire fencing.

In Israel most young people serve in the military, girls and boys. They wear their rifles on their backs. Several times, standing in line to get a falafal, I backed into a hard rifle carried by a young soldier.
Israel are surviving by accepting that living in Israel requires constant diligence.

The most uplifting image that I recall is of a young girl in uniform, rifle on her back, sitting cross legged on the top of some stairs, on duty before a government building, happily knitting.

God Bless America and God Bless Israel . . . . Mimi

UNITED STATES
LULAC Las Vegas Family Expo, June 19-21
Yvonne Gonzalez Duncan, LULAC 2013 Woman of the Year LULAC 2013 Award Winners
Documentary: E Haku Inoa: To Weave A Name Hispanics Breaking Barriers, Second Volume, 19th Issue by Mercy Bautista-Olvera Ana Reyes, A Wise Latina by Mercy Bautista-Olvera Dr. Q's Journey to Neurosurgery NCLR 2013 National Conference

WITNESS TO HERITAGE: Mimi Lozano
Defender of the Latino presence and contributions to the history of the United States!
Translation and interpretation by Tomas Saenz

ERASING HISTORIC REALITY
Myths and Tropes in the Survival of the Black Legend By Felipe de Ortego y Gasca Spurs crowd roars for 11-year-old mariachi Sebastien De La Cruz Tejano History Barely Dodged the SB 1128 Bullet by Jose Antonio Lopez 19th Century Mind-set for 21st Century Challenges By Felipe de Ortego y Gasca

NATIONAL ISSUES
How the Government is Spending Tax Payers' Money Texas Passes Bill to Train Teachers as Armed Marshals City of Nucla becomes Colorado's first and only town mandating gun ownership Authorities seize ton of marijuana off Balboa Island, California Of 2,200 terror attacks in 2012, over 2000 undertaken by Muslims or in name of Islam Audit ordered of California agency after child taken from parents Mexican Consul in Santa Ana & Anaheim Interim Chief of Police sign
"Memorandum of Understanding"
Army Punishes Soldier who Served Chick-fil-A food

ACTION ITEM
"Corpus Christi " Movie is Beyond Disrespect!!!!
Preparing for Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15 to October 15 SpeakOut, Offering Programs for Celebrating Latino/Hispanic

EDUCATION
Homeschooling Growing Seven Times Faster than Public School Enrollment Eva Longoria Graduates with Master’s Degree Vanica Vittoria, ACCESS Programs Student of the Year Muslims Get Prayer In Public Schools – But Attack Off Campus Bible Studies Enrique Murillo, Pres Southern California Consortium of Hispanic Serving Institutions.

CULTURE
El Charro by Sergio Hernandez
Hispanics Against Ltino Term
Lucero Tena, Flamenco Dancer
Lydia Mendoza, Singer
Ramon Sanchez, singer, songwriter, music educator Make the Dream Come True, Put Our Show on the Road by Gregorio Luke Family Carries Charreria Tradition through Generations The Inception and Development of Chicano Art by Jimmy Franco Sr.

LITERATURE
Recognizing Greatness for 15 Years Through the International Latino Book Awards
By Kirk Whisler
Chicano Literature and the Future By Felipe de Ortego y Gasca Carlos B. Vega Awarded Best Latin Author Somos en escrito Magazine for May-June 2013, editor, Armando Rendon

BOOKS
The Old Man's Love Story by Rudolfo Anaya Chicano Manifesto by Armando Rendon A Timely Conquest by Jerry P. Martinez Hands of the Rain Forest: The Emberá People of Panama by Rachel Crandell, In Defense of My People, Alonso S. Perales and the Development
of Mexican-American Public Intellectuals, edited by Michal A.
Olivas
No greater love : the lives and times of Hispanic soldiers by Marine General
Freddie Valenzuela, with Jason Lemons.
Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter's Journey Through a Country's Descent into Darkness
by Alfredo Corchado

LATINO PATRIOTS
Luis Raul Esteves, first Hispanic to graduate from West Point Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park, region's first monument Honoring
Hispanic-American Veterans: Senate Bill 1174 and House Bill
1726
Air Force Academy Commencement 2013, first time ever without a White House
representative
Stolen Valor Act Revised
VA/Veterans Service Organizations Announce Initiative to Reduce Claims Backlog

EARLY LATINO PATRIOTS
Fiesta San Antonio, April 27th, 2013: Granaderos y Damas de Gálvez Soldados, Fife & Drum Corps & San Antonio Living History Assn Capitan Nicolas Flores de Valdes Del 1 al 3 de julio de 1863 se libró la terrible batalla de Gettysburg
por Maria Angeles O'Donnell Olson .
Camandantes de los Presidios en Tejas/ Commanders of Presidios and Forts

SURNAMES: BRITO

CUENTOS

Once a week I ride the bus to work by Daisy Wanda Garcia A Family Reunion Arranged by God That was MY Dad by Maria Senour

FAMILY HISTORY
Great WWII story.......
Free resource, public records directory
Genealogy Research in City Directories

DNA
Youtube: Luciano Pavarotti’s granddaughter singing DNA Discussion, Between Crispin Rendon, Ernesto Uribe and Jose M. Pena

ORANGE COUNTY, CA
July 13:SHHAR Monthly Meeting: Workshop on Writing Your Personal Family History Westminster LULAC 3017 Scholarships Awarded to Westminster HS students July 10: Exploring Our World Series: Impressions of the history and future of Cuba

LOS ANGELES, CA
Pilgrimage of Our Lady of Rocio - El Rocio USA 2013 Another Trip in Baseball's Time Machine: Photography at the Field of Dreams

CALIFORNIA
July 27: Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research Luncheon
Honoring Your Editor, Mimi
June 22: Conference of California Historical Society Recognizes Mimi Stepping Stones Through Genealogy, Part 7 by Sylvia Contreras

NORTHWESTERN US
Move to honor U.S. Army National Guard's 65th Regimental Combat Team
from Puerto Rico, the "Borinqueneers".

SOUTHWESTERN US
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail Texas Declares May 9th Willie Velásquez Day!
Tom Lea portrait of Benito Juarez presumed lost, recovered in D.C.
“Mama’s Santos: An Arizona Life” by Carmen Duarte

MIDDLE AMERICA
Introducing author Stephan V. Estopinal
They Wouldn’t Allow Us to Use Daddy’s Last Name
A Family Historian’s Curiosity Leads to Revolutionary Results By Anita R. Paul Elephant in Tiger Skin: Old Photos of New Orleans and Louisiana

TEXAS
1735 Military Roster Of the Presidio San Antonio de Béxar, compiled by
John Inclan
Title of nobility given to the male Canary Islanders of San Antonio,
Texas,
and their descendants in perpetuum (forever).
Texas Day by Day

MEXICO
Humor in a Grave Yard
La Malinche, unrecognized heroine

Informacion mandado por el Tte. Corl. Ricardo Palmerín Cordero:
La Asociación del Héroico Colegio Militar
La formación de las dos Brigadas de Tulancingo,
Peninsular Don Bartolomé Torralva
Relacion de Solteros y Casados, viudas, etc en el año 1626 Nuevo Reyno
de Leon
Bautismo de Maria Josefa Poucel. Ano de 1832
Gastón de Peralta
Bautismo de Maria Leonides de la Garza Jimenez
Defuncion de Doña Nieves de la Garza Sanchez Navarro
Bautismo de Doña Clara Laurel, madre del Coronel Don Pedro Advíncula
Valdés

INDIGENOUS
Choctaw and Illini Descendants of Pierre Juzan,Eligible for SAR
Membership
National Latino & American Indian Scholarship Directory

ARCHEOLOGY
Maya Site Discovered Southeast of Campeche in the Mexican Jungle

SEPHARDIC
Powerful Computers Are Piecing Together 1,000 Years of Jewish
Chronicles
El Ultimo Safardi
Kisses to the Children
Jewish Ancestry of Spanish Noble Families

AFRICAN-AMERICAN
2013 recipients of the Hilda Award and the Tony Salin Memorial Award
234 Years later, New Hampshire slaves are granted freedom
Powerful Black men in America will lead 500 Black males to manhood

EAST COAST
The "Battle of Bloody Mose" Commemoration, St. Augustine, Florida
La leyenda del pirata
Florida Living History Newsletter
Lost Lincoln Document Found at Central Pennsylvania College

CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
Seven very Visible Changes Made by Pope Francis
Website with thousands of surnames in the history of Argentina.
Boletín de Genealogías Colombianas Nro. 117 - Mayo 2013.

PHILIPPINES
Mexican Pilots in Manila, photos posted in the Battle of Bataan by
Hubert Caloud
Two May celebrations in the Philippines
The Beauty that is the Philippines and its Native Dances

SPAIN
Arxiu Històric Arxidiocesà de Tarragona by Debbie Gurtler
Blog by Angel Custodio Rebollo
Basque Studies Press’s inaugural e-mail newsletter!
Gran Canaria a colony of Castille
History's bloodiest siege used human heads as cannonballs
Alfonso de Castilla, Conde de Norona y Gijon
What really died at Auschwitz?

INTERNATIONAL
Mass Muslim Marriage in Gaza, 450 Grooms Wed GIRLS Under Ten In Gaza
Zanjeer, The Golden Labrador Who Saved Thousands Of Lives.
Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, addressed the Duma, (Russian
Parliament)
Clever Bunch, these Spaniards! Something to be copied ! !
Take a trip around the world at your computer. . . wonderful resource

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