August 26, 2026

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EVENTS HISTORY

VETERANS DAY

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Veterans day is a federal holiday in the United States, observed on November 11, also called Armistice Day. American workers and students have Veterans Day off from work and school for honoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces. Veterans Day commemorates the service of all U.S. veterans, who were discharger under conditions other […]
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Special day to commemorate: Veterans Day

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Every year on November 11th, the United States celebrates Veterans Day and dresses its streets and buildings with American flags. But do you really know the origin of this celebration and what is commemorated? It is very common for this celebration to be confused with ‘Memorial Day’, however there is a key difference between these […]
ARIZONA HISTORY

Jewish Federation Raises Nearly $60,000

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Thanks to community generosity between May 3-21, $35,000 has been donated to the Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona’s Migrant Relief Services Emergency Fund for Central American asylum seekers transiting Tucson. Combined with an initial anonymous $25,000 matching grant donation, that’s $60,000 to assist with emergency expenses.  Expenditures are managed by a
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¿Te sientes vieja o viejo a los cuarenta y más?

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En días pasados en Facebook el LIC. Y DR. MANUEL RODOLFO “FIFI” BERNAL LEON (de los que no quiere el Presidente por aquello del “fifi”, originario del Pueblo Mágico de Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, con residencia también en Hermosillo, publicó: En México, si tú tienes más de cuarenta años o más,  estás muerto(a) para conseguir […]
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Memorial Day

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Our nation on Monday, May 27th, marked Memorial Day, the day we remember those men and women of the military who sacrificed their lives for this country.  The history of Memorial Day goes back to the 19th century. People who lost their friends and relatives in the Civil War started to decorate the graves of […]
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Cinco de Mayo

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By Councilmember Richard Fimbres Cinco de Mayo is the holiday held on May 5, commemorating the Mexican Army’s victory over French Forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguin. In the U.S., Cinco de Mayo has taken on significance beyond that in Mexico and the […]

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