October the 12th - Columbus Day

This very important holiday, also known as Day of Race, conmemorates the day when Christopher Columbus first set foot,  in 1492,  in the Americas.  How hard it is to imagine the courage of those men who ventured unto the unknown in three caravels: La Niña, La Pinta and La Santa Maria without any of the technological advantages that make our life and travels so much easier, and who opened the borders for a commercial and cultural exchange.

The Spanish government proclaimed in 1958 that: “Due to the enormous significance of October the 12th for Spain and all of the people of Hispanic America, October 12 shall be a national holiday known as  Día de la Hispanidad”.

There are no merciful conquerors,  nor are there people who feel  happy to be conquered:  Nevertheless, let us celebrate an historic moment that marks the encounter of two worlds and let us also celebrate our race, result of the joining of Hispanics and native Americans, which has made us what we are and what we have achieved.  Let´s take the best of both and now and always feel  PROUD TO BE HISPANIC.  We are all proud of our roots.  Congratulations!