National Hispanic Heritage Month: USA

 National Hispanic Heritage Month: USA

👉Recently, The National National Hispanic Heritage month began in the USA. The annual event is marked every year from 15th september to 15th october.

👉The Hispanic Heritage Month honours the history, culture and contributions of american citizens whose ancestors hailed from Spain, Mexico, The Caribbean and the Central and south America.

👉The observation was started in 1968 by President Ronald Regan, the year it was enacted into law.

Hispanic in the USA:

👉Hispanic American are currently the largest minority group in the USA, making up a fifth of the total USA population. Majority of Hispanics are Mexican origin, followed by Puerto Rican.

👉The community is referred to as Hispanic, Latino or Latinx because the terms refer to a person's origin or culture, without considering their race. 

Significance:

👉The event begins in the middle of september, because of the significance 15th september holds in Latin American history - being the Independence days of Costa rica, El salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua from spain in 1821.

👉The 16th and 18th september being the Independence days of Mexico and Chile respectively from Spanish rule on 1810.

👉Another nation on the American continent, Belize became independent from Great Britain on 21th september 1981.

👉Columbus Day, a cultural celebration also falls on 12th october during the 30 day period.