MIAMI – You are invited to kick off Hispanic Heritage Thirty day period in Miami-Dade with a celebration featuring folkloric performances, a “cafecito” station, and the unveiling of a mural hand painted by Hispanic artists as a way to promote the artwork, background, tradition, and contributions of Hispanic-Americans.
The function will be having location Thursday at 12:30p.m., in the lobby of the Stephen P. Clark Heart – Authorities Centre constructing at 111 NW 1st Road, Miami.
Hispanic Heritage Thirty day period is observed each calendar year from September 15 to Oct 15.
September 15 also marks independence day for El Salvador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras. Then, on September 16 and 18, Mexico and Chile rejoice theirs respectively.
Then on October 12, the discovery of the American continent is celebrated.
Hispanic Heritage Month was 1st observed in 1968 under President Lyndon B. Johnson and was expanded in 1988 by President Ronald Reagan to include a 30-day interval which contains the past fifty percent of the month of September and the 1st 50 % of the month of Oct.
