source: Hispanic Heritage Month<\/a> | Shield Insurance Home<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures, and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period starting on September 15 and ending on October 15. It was enacted into law on August 17, 1988, on the approval of Public Law 100-402.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The day of September 15 is significant because it is the anniversary of independence for Latin American countries Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on September 16 and September 18, respectively. Also, Columbus Day or D\u00eda de la Raza, which is October 12, falls within this 30 day period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Click here for the rest of the story…<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15 source: Hispanic Heritage Month | Shield Insurance Home About National Hispanic Heritage Month Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures, and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14998,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148,1,2],"tags":[15,1709,1710,31,25,1705,77,1708,1706,62,1711,1707],"class_list":["post-11037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-ins-blog","category-insurance","category-shield-blog","tag-business","tag-caribbean","tag-central-america","tag-commercial-insurance","tag-healthcare","tag-hispanic-heritage","tag-insurance","tag-mexico","tag-national-hispanic-heritage-month","tag-shield-insurance-agency","tag-south-american","tag-spain"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\tAbout National Hispanic Heritage Month<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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