Exploring Nuevo Mexico
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Friends,
One year after my "On the Road Again" trip in search of our Hidden Hispanic Heritage, which many of you followed on this website and through social media, I'm about to hit the road again! This time I will be "Exploring Nuevo Mexico." I invite you to come along for the ride, by following my trip through this webpage. I have been to New Mexico before, (see photo from 2014) but only along the southern border with Mexico. This time I intend to follow El Camino Real to numerous Hispanic heritage sites in central and northern New Mexico. If you live or know New Mexico, I would appreciate suggestions on the Hispanic heritage sites I should visit. Mind you, I already have a long list. But I find that local folks always guide me to hidden treasures. I'm particularly interested in meeting folks who can bring me up to date on what became of the Hispanic monuments that have been removed in both Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Since New Mexico was part of New Spain and later Mexico before it joined the United States, it is a treasure trove of Hispanic history. I have already read it. Now we are going to explore it! Did you know that there is a town in Spain called Alburquerque, and that the capital of New Mexico (minus one "r") was named after a man from that Spanish town? Did you know that Santa Fe was the capital of the Spanish "Kingdom of Nuevo Mexico?" Did you know that the town of Socorro (Help/Aid) got its name because that's where the Indians helped the Spanish survive? Did you know that in territory where almost everything is named Spanish Hispanic monuments have been removed by politicians trying to erase Hispanic history? We have a lot to explore in Nuevo Mexico. I hope you invite your friends to come along. It should be interesting! Are you coming? |
En español: Explorando Nuevo México 
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