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Article: Hispanic Heritage Month.
- Article from:
- Latino Leaders
- Article date:
- August 1, 2003
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Few of us could imagine Latino-less baseball, anymore than we could visualize entertainment without Hispanics. But as the nation prepares to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in September, LATINO LEADERS pays tribute to the lesser known, but sometimes richer ingredients Latinos have added to America's multicultural melting pot.
Spain allied herself to 13 tiny, rebel, English colonies, and sent its Governor of Louisiana, Bernardo de Galvez, at the head of his army to storm British strongholds in Alabama and Florida. Texans named the city of Galveston after him, acknowledging his contribution to American freedom. Latinos have also died defending US liberty: hundreds ...