112. Mission Soledad

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CHAPTERS/CAPITULOS

1. Our Pre-Mayflower Thanksgivings
Nuestros Días de Acción de Gracias Pre-Mayflower

2. A Tale of Two Cities

3. Our Pre-Hispanic Heritage

4. The Black Legend Returns
4. La Leyenda Negra Regresa

5. Even on HBO, The Black Legend Lives

6. Our Spanish Heritage

7. Exalted or Offended?

8. We are all 'Americanos'

9. Latinos are Failing

10. Hispanic, Columbus or Indigenous Day?
10. ™Dia Hispano, De Colon o Indigena?

11. Two Good Places to Rest
11. Dos buenos lugares para descansar

12. Whitman's Prophetic Letter
12. La Carta Profética de Whitman

13. America’s Cradle
13. La Cuna de America

14. Our Quincentennial is Coming!
14. ´Nuestro Quinto Centenario
Se Avecina!

15. American Discovery Day
(Updated and merged with Chapter 29)
15. Día del Descubrimiento de América
(Actualizado y combinado con el capítulo 29)

16. A Time To Welcome the Spirits

17. A Hispanic Christmas
17. Una Navidad Hispana

18. JOSE MARTI:
His Legacy Lives Here
Su Legado Vive Aquí

19. Hyphenated and Proud!

20. Politicizing Education

21. Speak Any Spanish Lately?

22. Happy Three Kings Day!
22. ´Feliz Día de Reyes!

23. What a Birthday to Forget!
(Updated and merged with Chapter 29)

24. A Long-Overdue Museum

25. America's First Christmas was celebrated in Spanish
25. La Primera Navidad Americana fue celebrada en español

26. The Grand Canyon
and the Bucket List Of Hispanic Heritage
26. El Gran Canyon
y la Lista de Lugares de la Herencia Hispana

27. Now That Fiesta Month Is Here,
Can We Talk About Heritage?
27. Ahora que el mes de fiesta hispana esta aquí,
™Podemos hablar de nuestra herencia?

28. Our Hispanic Heritage:
On Exhibit and Yet Hidden
28. Nuestra Herencia Hispana:
En Exhibición y Sin Embargo Oculta

29. Florida's 500th Birthday
Should Be a National Holiday
29. El Aniversario de la Florida
Debe Ser una Fiesta Nacional
(Updated and merged, only available in English, for now)

30. A Local Celebration that Should be National
30. La Fuente de Nuestra Herencia Hispana

31. The Re-Conquest Of American History
31. La Reconquista de la Historia de América

32. The Conveniently 'Forgotten War'
32. La Guerra Convenientemente Olvidada

33. Guantanamo Has a History June 4, 2013

34. Exposing the Social Media Bigots  June 18, 2013
34. Exponiendo a los Intolerantes
de los Medios Sociales June 18, 2013

35. Thinking of Cusi On the Fourth of July
35. Pensando en Cusi en el Cuatro de Julio

36. The Discovery of White Hispanics
36. El Descubrimiento de los Hispanos Blancos

37. Let's Build a Timeline
Of Hispanic-American History
37. Vamos a Construir una Cronología
De la Historia Hispanoamericana

38. In the Name of Heritage
38. En el Nombre de la Herencia

39. Hispanics or Latinos?
39. ™Hispanos o Latinos?

40. Hollywood's Hidden Hispanic Heritage
40. La Herencia Hispana Oculta en Hollywood

41. Obliviously Living
  In ‘The Land of Estevan Gomez ’
41. Viviendo Inconscientemente
En la ‘Tierra de Estevan Gómez’

42. Marking America's Birthplace
42. Marcando el Lugar de Nacimiento
De Estados Unidos

43. Hispanics in Denial Should Be Infamous
43. Los Hispanos en Rechazo Deben Ser Infames

44. Gay Marriage's Hidden American History
Started in Spanish
  CABEZA DE VACA'S JOURNEY
44. La Historia Oculta del Matrimonio Gay
En América Comenzó en Español
  EL VIAJE DE CABEZA DE VACA

45. Super Bowl Coke Commercial
Draws Out Ugly Americans
45. Comercial de Coke en Super Bowl
Hace Relucir a los Americanos Feos

46. The 'Discovery' of Self-Loathing Hispanics
46. El ‘Descubrimiento' de los
Hispanos que se Auto Desprecian

THE GREAT HISPANIC AMERICAN HISTORY TOUR
June 2014 - January 2015

47. My Pilgrimage to San Xavier
47. Mi Peregrinaje a San Xavier

48. The Great Hispanic American History Tour
48. La Gran Gira por la Historia Hispanoamericana

49. On the Trail of Conquistadors
49. En el Camino de los Conquistadores

50. Beyond St. Augustine
50. Más Allá de San Agustín

51. A Hidden Hispanic Role Model
51. Un Modelo Hispano Oculto

52. The Hispanic Flank
Of the American Revolution
52. El Flanco Hispano
de la Revolucion Americana

53. New Orleans Has a Spanish ‘Ne Sais Quoi’
53. Nueva Orleans Tiene Un ‘Ne Sais Quoi’ Español

54. Galveston: Still the Isle of Misfortune?

55. Extracting Compacted History
Unveils Hidden Hispanic Heritage

56. 'Remember The Alamo'
Was a Spanish Mission

57. San Antonio: The Showcase
Of Our Hispanic Heritage

58. There Was Compassion
On the Spanish Mission Trail

59. A Hidden Latina Role Model

60. Time Portals on the Road

61. The First Thanksgiving
In the (Southwest) United States

62. The World's Biggest Statue
Of a Nameless Horseback Rider

63. A River Runs Through
Our Hispanic Heritage

64. A Beacon of Hope
On a Border Mountaintop

65. A Mexican-American Town
65. Un Pueblo Mexico-Americano

66. The Crossroads of Conquistadors

67. Hiking In Search of Coronado's Trail

68. The Real American Pioneers

69. Keeping My Pledge to San Xavier

70. If They Knew Arizona's History,
They Wouldn't Be So Xenophobic

71. 'Tucson' is a Spanish Adaptation

72. Under a Utah Lake, Hispanic Heritage Lives

73. A Hilltop View Of Hispanic Heritage

74. Searching for Coronado's Quivira

75. The Spanish Savior of St. Louis

76. Jefferson's Spanish Library

WASHINGTON, D.C.
February-June 2015

77. When Galvez Came to Congress
77. Cuando Gálvez Vino al Congreso

78. A Tour of Our Extraordinarily
Hispanic U.S. Capitol

79. Searching for Not-S0-Hidden
Hispanic Heritage in Washington, DC

80. Smithsonian Omits Hispanics
In U.S. History Exhibit
80. Smithsonian Omite a los Hispanos
en Exhibición de Historia de EE.UU.

MIAMI - August 2015
81. Finding Dad in a Museum
81. Encontre a Mi Padre en un Museo

CALIFORNIA ROAD TRIP - 2018
82. International Friendship Park at U.S.-Mexico Border
- A Jagged Corner of the World

83. Old Town San Diego State Historic Park

84. Cabrillo National Monument

85. It took more than 2 centuries

86. Presidio Park: The Birthplace
of the Spanish Colonization of California

87. Junípero Serra Museum Transcends
the Story of a Great Man

88. Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá:
California's First Spanish Mission

89. Old Mission (Padre) Dam: California's First Aqueduct

90. Even at the beach in San Diego, you can't avoid Spanish history

91. Chicano Park: Mexican-American painted under highway ramps

92. Balboa Park: Candy for your eyes amid a painful controversy!

93. San Diego: An American Town
Named After the Saint from Alcalá
93. San Diego: Un Pueblo Americano
Lleva el Nombre del Santo de Alcalá

94. San Luis Rey de Francia: The King of the California Missions
94. San Luis Rey de Francia: El Rey de las Misiones de California

95. San Antonio de Pala:
A Sub-Mission to Reach the Natives of the Interior
95. San Antonio de Pala:
Una Asistencia para Alcanzar los Nativos del Interior

96. San Juan Capistrano:
The Home of the Mission Swallows from Argentina
96. San Juan Capistrano:
El Hogar de las Golondrinas Desaparecidas de Argentina

97. San Gabriel Arcángel:
A Mission that Launched Cities
97. San Gabriel Arcángel:
Una Misión Que Lanzó Ciudades

98. El Pueblo de la Reina de Los Ángeles:
Hispanics had to be imported
98. El Pueblo de la Reina de Los Ángeles:
Hispanos tuvieron que sen importados

99. La Plaza de Cultura y Artes:
A Walk through Mexican-American History
99. La Plaza de Cultura y Artes:
Un Paseo por la historia mexicoamericana

100. Strolling the Hispanic Walk of Fame
100. Caminando por el Paseo Hispano de la Fama

101. San Fernando Rey de España Teaches
California's Colonial History
101. San Fernando Rey de España Enseña
la historia colonial de California

102. Mission San Buenaventura Survived Earthquakes and Pirates
102. Misión San Buenaventura Sobrevivió Terremotos y Piratas

103. Father Serra Cross: On a hill, overlooking
the land he shepherded
103. La Cruz del Padre Serra: En una colina,
con vistas a la tierra que pastoreaba

104. The Birthplace of Santa Barbara
104. El Lugar de Nacimiento de Santa Barbara

105. The Queen of the Spanish Missions
105. La Reina de las Misiones Españolas

106. Mission Santa Ines: Built to relieve other overcrowded missions
106. Misión Santa Inés: Construida para aliviar otras misiones superpobladas

107. Mission La Purísima Concepcion:
Going back in time to Spanish California
107. Mision La Purísima Concepción:
Retrocediendo en el tiempo a la California española

XXX. Saluting an exile: Father Félix Varela
XXX. The Meaning of 'Sotomayor'

SPECIAL SECTIONS
• Great (pro-Hispanic) Americans
• 16th Century in the Hispanic American History Timeline
• 17th Century in the Hispanic American History Timeline
• 18th Century in the Hispanic American History Timeline
• Spanish-American expeditions before Jamestown
• NYC Hispanic Landmarks
• NYC Hispanic Art
• Do You Know/Sabes?
• Garita Art
• Do You Speak Spanglish?

HISPANIC AMERICAN HISTORY TIMELINE
1513 Ponce de Leon Discovers North America, Names Her 'Florida'

April 22, 1513 Alaminos discovers the Gulf Stream

1517 De Cordoba, wounded in Yucatan, stops in Florida

1518 Grijalva Reaches Galveston Island

1519 De Pineda confirms Florida is not an island

1521 Ponce de Leon Returns to Florida, Falls Mortally Wounded

1524-25 Estevan Gomez Explores North America's East Coast

1526 Ayllón lands in S.C., settles in Georgia

1528 Narváez expedition succumbs to storms and natives

1528-36 Cabeza de Vaca treks across North America

1537-42 Cabeza de Vaca Returns to Spain, Writes 'La Relación'

1539 De Niza Searches for Golden Cities of Cibola

1539-42 De Soto celebrates first American Christmas

1540 Hernando de Alarcon Reaches California

1540-42 Coronado Explores the Southwest,
Cardenas Discovers the Grand Canyon

1542-43 Cabrillo explores California coast

1559 De Luna Builds Santa Maria de Ochuse

1565 Pedro Menendez de Avilés Establishes San Agustin

1566 Santa Elena Built in South Carolina

1598 Juan de Oñate Explores New Mexico

1602 Sebastian Vizcaino explores the West Coast

1610 Pedro de Peralta establishes Santa Fe

1610-26 The Birth of San Miguel, oldest church in the U.S.A.

1613 Juan Rodriguez becomes the first Manhattan immigrant

1633 Misión San Luis de Apalachee is born in Tallahassee

1682 San Antonio de la Ysleta becomes first mission in Texas

1691 Father Eusebio Kino builds Tumacácori and Guevavi

1692 Father Kino builds San Xavier del Bac

1692 Diego de Vargas leads 'Bloodless Reconquest" of Santa Fe

1695 Castillo de San Marcos Completed in St. Augustine

1718 Mission San Antonio de Valero is born
- long before it became The Alamo

1738 Runaway slaves establish Fort Mose,
the first free African-American community

1738 Francisco Menendez Leads Fort Mose

1742 Spanish Soldiers Open Fort Matanzas

1752 Spanish Soldiers Build Presidio de Tubac

1763 Spanish Florida Goes to England

1765 Juan Antonio Maria de Rivera explores Colorado and Utah

1769 Father Serra opens San Diego de Alcalá,
California's first Spanish mission

1771 Father Serra establishes San Gabriel Arcángel

1772 Good hunting determines site
of Misión San Luis Obispo de Tolosa

1775 Captain Hugh O’Connor
builds Presidio San Agustin del Tucson

1776-83 Hispanics in the American Revolution

1776 The Birth of San Francisco

1781 Spanish troops defeat the British, capture Pensacola

1781 Pobladores of Los Angeles are imported

1791 Alessandro Malaspina Alaska Reaches Alaska

1797 Fermín Francisco de Lasuén
Establishes Misión San Fernando Rey de España

1797 The Birth of Villa de Branciforte

Herencia Hispana Oculta de America:
La Lista de Lugares, Ideas, y Evidencia Historica para Reconectár a los Americanos con sus Raíces Hispanas

America's Hidden Hispanic Heritage:
The Bucket List of Places, Ideas and Historical Evidence to Reconnect Americans with their Hispanic Roots