Happy Thanksgiving!: FW: Somos Primos December 2013

I hope you all have a Safe and Healthful Thanksgiving!

Joseph

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Joseph Puentes
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TABLE OF CONTENTS TO DECEMBER 2013
Dear Family, Friends and Somos Primos readers:
This issue completes 14 years of publishing monthly issues of Somos Primos. With the primary mission of supporting family history research, I have attempted to include the diverse range of political sentiments among Latinos communities in the United States, to unite us in our heritage. I have tried to support those involved in education and cultural activities, and above all to encourage and demonstrate the Spanish historic presence, and contributions, in the founding and development of the United States.

Now going into Somos Primos 15th year, much of the categories of information that I have been including in Somos Primos is being offered on literally thousands of websites. However, what is still not in great abundance are our personal stories. Thankfully there are increasing numbers of oral histories projects, mostly associated with a university or public library, plus personal blogs, and social networking sites that are resulting in a new type of personal journal. What I would like Somos Primos to be, is a free service for Hispanics/Latinos to share personal and family history articles. You may feel that y our memories do not matter, that it is too complicated to set up a blog or website to share your few stories, but your memories do matter. Your memories have shaped your thoughts and affect how you interact in a continually changing world. Together we are all creating
history. Somos Primos will be a free site for you to share yours.
Scattered in the December you will read many memories of Christmas. I am very, very thankful to those that kindly responded to my request to
share a special Christmas memory. and those that continue to send
items of interest. Their contributions are gifts to all of us. Let me invite each of you to consider writing an article for the January issue of Somos Primos on memories of based on a new beginnings for you, changes, such as graduating, moving to a new location, getting married, new baby, new school, new job, new friend, having to start anew because of an accident, new church, new pet, death in the family, new recreation, new car. We all have forks in the road, some were just
happenstance, some were intentional decisions. It would be a new kind
of gift for your family. Write it as a Christmas gift for your family, and share it with Somos Primos readers. What happened, and why it mattered to you? Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Mimi

UNITED STATES
Cuento: Los Pastores, The Shepherd's Nativity Play by Hon.Fredrick P.
Aguirre
Cuento: Is There a Santa Claus? by Eddie AAA Calderón, Ph.D.
Hispanics Breaking Barriers, 3rd Vol. 4th Issue by Mercy Bautista-Olvera
Cuento: War of the Worlds, October 30th, 1938 by Mimi Lozano
Cuento: Japanese and the California Coast During WW II by Mimi Lozano Judge Raquel Marquez-Britsch, A Wise Latina by Mercy Bautista-Olvera
Cuento: My father, Marcelino R. Bautista, my Hero by Mercy Bautista-Olvera NPS to Establish New National Historical Park to Honor César Chávez Three-Fourths of Hispanic Say Their Community Needs a Leader Latina Champions in Congress, Latina Style Magazine Highlighting Hispanic Contributions to America by Lino Garcia, Jr.
Ph.D.
The Twenty-Seventh Annual NCLR Capital Awards, March 4, 2014 July 19-22: National Council of La Raza 2014 Annual Conference, Los Angeles HISPANIC LEADERS Houston Civil Rights Icon, Leonel Castillo, Dies at 74 (1939-2013) Jesús "Tato" Laviera, legendary nuyorican poetic giant, dies at 63 Jose Montoya's Sacred Release NATIONAL ISSUES Ray Suarez's shocking departure from PBS I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew by Ben Stein Can students be barred from wearing patriotic clothes? US Army defines Christian ministry as 'domestic hate group'
Strangers in a strange land by Devon G. Peña

ACTION ITEMS
Next Steps for the American Latino Museum Federalist Paper #46, by James Madison: How to Take Action Against Your Government

EDUCATION
How the Spanish Deaf Taught Others to Express Themselves by Mariana Correa Programs of the Odyssey Projects Feria Cardenas/ Feria Educativa Draws 130,000 in Attendance How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses CULTURE The joy of dance around the world Latinopia Art Aztlan Art Show Amalia Mendoza Y Jose Alfredo Jimenez - desolacion Cielito Lindo Newspaper Tree . . a Conversation with Juan Sandoval
SURNAMES: Moctezuma's Descendants
DNA:
Mexico DNA Project, the Sephardic Connection, by Gary Felix Ancient DNA Links Native Americans With Europe by Michael Balter

BOOKS
Wobblies in San Pedro by Arthur A. Almeida Latino Print Network Cinco Puntos Press, Celebrating 25 years of great books for Children Authors on the Airwaves: Victor Villaseñor Latina Style Magazine, Our Past, Our Present The Roots of Latino Urban Agency, Edited by Sharon A. Navarro & Rodolfo Rosales The Scalpel and the Silver Bear by Dr. Lori Alvord LATINO PATRIOTS Website focuses on Latinos in the U.S. military Wikipedia editor profile: "Tony the Marine" Santiago
HIstory: Marines Look Back Across the Generations WW II Hero: Eugene Arnold Obregon Exile is not a Fitting Reward for Veterans by Wanda Garcia
Cuento: Christmas 1966, Vietnam by Joe Sanchez Profile in Courage: An Interview with Medal of Honor Recipient Alfred Rascon Medal of Honor Recipient Alfred Rascon & Rick Leal, the Hero Project Veteran Artist Program, by Leroy Martinez EARLY LATINO PATRIOTS Texas A&M-San Antonio Chapter of the Texas Connection to the American Revolution Assn
25th annual Juan N. Seguin celebration in Seguin, Texas Seguin-Guadalupe County Coliseum The 200th Anniversary of the “Battle of Medina”
November 2013 Newsletter of the Houston Chapter of the Granaderos Y Damas De GalvezFAMILY HISTORY MyHeritage and FamilySearch enter significant strategic partnership ORANGE COUNTY, CA Early Hollywood Drawn to Orange County by Fermin Leal Report of SHHAR November 9th meeting on Organizing Photos Los Alamitos Lawman, Juan Orozco gunned Down and Forgotten, Phil Brigandi Extract from: A library of many moments by Fermin Leal
Extract: Santora arts building changes hands in Santa Ana Inter-cultural Marriage Discussion Arises from Somos Primos November issue LOS ANGELES, CA
Cuento: 1937 Christmas in Los Angeles, and the Yale Puppeteers by Mimi Lozano
Cuento: The Mystery and Magic of Christmas 1960, Flintridge, California Troubled Waters No More: Echo Park Lake Reopens UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center

CALIFORNIA
Cuento: The Adventure of Christmas in the Snow by Audrey Mills
Cuento: Christmas for the Homeless in Stockton by Dena Chapa Rupert Seeking Descendants of delegates to the 1849 Monterey, Galal Kernahan NORTHWESTERN US
Cuento: 1959 Christmas in Richland, Washington by Mimi Lozano SOUTHWESTERN US
Cuento: 1930s Christmas Story in Flagstaff, Arizona by J. V. Martinez Historical Novel: Part 2: My Days as a Colonist/Soldier with Don Juan de Onate MIDDLE AMERICA
Cuento: Christmas Memories by Lila Guzman, Ph.D.
Cuento: Lesson I Learned from Mama in the Front Pew by Delia Gonzalez Huffman Dec 21, 2013: Christmas in Old St. Augustine Florida Living History, Inc.
Roger Baudier’s The Catholic Church in Louisiana Laughing at Dead, Omaha, Nebraska

TEXAS
Cuento: 1920s, Christmas in Old South Texas, by José Antonio López
Cuento: 1940s, Robstown, Texas Christmas, by Viola Rodriguez Sadler
Cuento: 1948, The Americano who would be Santa, by Tomas 'Tom' Saenz
Cuento: 1953, Mrs. Reed’s Christmas Tree by José Antonio López
Cuento: 1954, When Santa Came to Visit, by Bernadette Inclan
Cuento: 1990s Christmas, by Daisy Wanda Garcia Garcia/Longoria families of La Grulla, seeking primos Texas A&M University-San Antonio has established a TCARA History ChapterMEXICO
Cuento: 1901 Missionary among the Mexican People in the Center of the Republic of Mexico
Cuento: 1949, Traditions of Celebrating Christmas in Mexico by Mercy Bautista Olvera
Cuento: 1966, Posada Crasher by Sylvia Contreras Our Lady of Guadalupe by Albert V. Vela, Ph.D.
Bautismo: Maria de la Soledad, Josefa, Concepción, Agustina, Fabiana, Sebastiana, Sobre Arias y Velazquez.
Stio y Batalla de Monterrey de 1846
General de Brigada Don José Joaquín de Herrera y Ricardos y de su esposa Doña María Dolores Alzugaray y Terán Bautismo de Eugenio María Florentino Agustín de Ycaza e Yturbe Bautismo de José, Maria Trinidad, Ygnacio, Norberto Ortiz Monasterio Bautismo de Daniel, Jose, Segundo O'Ryan y Payno INDIGENOUS
Cuento: A Comanche in our Plata Family by Gloria Candelaria Native community holds ceremony for rare white moose killed by hunters The Death and the Burial of Little Sister Genoveva, Midwife of the Tapirape People SEPHARDIC Texas Mexican Secret Spanish Jews Today By Anne deSola Cardoza The Jewish Roots of the Nobility of Europe 400th Yartzheit of Luis Carvajal, el mozo, Joseph Lumbroso AFRICAN-AMERICAN Got Proof! Update by Michael Henderson No More a Slave by Kevin M. Clermont Juan Latino, the only black scholar of medieval Europe EAST COAST New Exhibit in the Eyes of Explorers, Diocese of St. Augustine Manhattan to honor of Puerto Rican artist Rafael Tufiño Hundreds will protest Islam lovefest history textbook foisted on high school students CARIBBEAN/CUBA Philadelphia 65th Infantry Honor Ceremony The History of Women in Puerto Rico, Part 2 by Tony Santiago Denationalizing Dominicans of Haitian Ancestry? Santo Domingo's Anti-Dominican Authorities CENTRAL/SOUTH AMERICA Brazilian President Wants To Reserve 20 Percent Of Government Job For Blacks Boletín de Genealogias Colombíanas The Death and the Burial of Little Sister Genoveva, Midwife of the Tapirape People Acciones artista peruano ¿Por Preservación de la Cultura ARCHAEOLOGY Municipal Workers Accidentally Stumble Upon Ancient Tomb in Medellin, Colombia

PHILIPPINES
Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) That Hit the Philippines y Eddie AAA Calderón, Ph.D.
Cuento: Account of Typhoon Yolanda, by LDS Missionary Elder Justin Call

SPAIN/PORTUGAL/ITALY
Doctor Santiago de Vera, llego en Manila en 1584 por Angel Custodio Rebollo Los Principes viajan a EEUU para estrechar lazos desde una España que avanza Britos in Spain by Marie Brito Reenvio correo sobre nuevas digitalizaciones en Tarragona The 'Real Junta General de Comercio', forerunner of modern Patent Offices INTERNATIONAL
Cuento: A Memorable Christmas Time 1980,Traveling in Egypt and Israel, by Jose M. Pena