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Remembering Conquest In Texas, Omar Valerio-Jimenez
Remembering Conquest In Texas, Omar Valerio-Jimenez
Rondel V. Davidson Endowed Lecture Series
This presentation draws from Dr. Valerio-Jimenez's larger project, Remembering Conquest: Mexican Americans, Memory, and Citizenship, which explores the influence of collective memories of the U.S.-Mexico War (1846-48) on struggles for social change among Mexican Americans. It examines the collective memories disseminated among ethnic Mexicans through families, publications, and organizations. These memories offered alternative views of the war that not only challenged the dominant versions, but were invoked by Mexican Americans to remind the nation of the war's continuing legacies. The war instigated immediate intergroup conflict between European Americans and ethnic Mexicans that bore long-term effects by shaping the ways that …
[Vet] We Salute The Veterans Of The Lower Rio Grande Valley, Shannon Pensa
[Vet] We Salute The Veterans Of The Lower Rio Grande Valley, Shannon Pensa
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A Special Poster Exhibit Honoring the Service and Sacrifice of Our Veterans and their Families. The 2022 digital poster exhibit highlights military service veterans and their achievements, including Saburo Tanamachi, John F. Webber, Tom Landry, Ruth Aline Moses, Pablo M. Coronado, Jacob Daniel White, Frank S. Plummer, Ricardo Sanchez, William C. Gorgas, Herminia Whitzel, Fernando De La Rosa, and Frances Isbell.
[Whm] Rio Grande Valley Women's History Poster Exhibit 2022, Shannon Pensa, Utrgv Special Collections & Archives
[Whm] Rio Grande Valley Women's History Poster Exhibit 2022, Shannon Pensa, Utrgv Special Collections & Archives
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March is Women's History Month— a time to honor the historic achievements and contributions of women in the Rio Grande Valley.