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A Tour of the Remarkably Hispanic US Capitol Mar. 24, 2015

Miguel Perez

You see Hernando De Soto and his Spanish conquistadors as they discovered the Mississippi River. You... Read More

When Galvez Came to Congress Feb. 17, 2015

Miguel Perez

WASHINGTON — It took Congress 231 years to keep this particular promise, perhaps setting a rec... Read More

Jefferson's Spanish Library Jan. 13, 2015

Miguel Perez

He was the star of the Founding Fathers, the intellectual architect of our system of government, the... Read More

The Spanish Savior of St. Louis Jan. 06, 2015

Miguel Perez

Somewhere beneath the Hilton Hotel and Ballpark Village — the fancy new complex built by the S... Read More

Searching for Coronado's Quivira Dec. 30, 2014

Miguel Perez

After Spanish conquistador Francisco Vasquez de Coronado gave up on New Mexico because the fabled Se... Read More

A Hilltop View of Hispanic Heritage Dec. 17, 2014

Miguel Perez

You are standing on a hilltop, next to a beautiful shrine. You see a valley of farmland embraced by ... Read More

Under a Utah Lake, Hispanic Heritage Lives Dec. 09, 2014

Miguel Perez

Back in 1776, while 13 British colonies were becoming an independent nation on the eastern side of N... Read More

'Tucson' Is a Spanish Adaptation Dec. 02, 2014

Miguel Perez

Long before southern Arizona was part of the United States and long before it was part of Mexico, ba... Read More

Keeping My Pledge to San Xavier Nov. 11, 2014

Miguel Perez

Right then and there, as I knelt on a pew at the Mission San Xavier del Bac church in southern Arizo... Read More

The Real American Pioneers Nov. 04, 2014

Miguel Perez

They were the best that 17th- and 18th-century Europe had to offer. Every one of them was an explore... Read More

The Crossroads of Conquistadors Oct. 21, 2014

Miguel Perez

Using 16th-century maps but traveling on 21st-century highways — and even some waterways ̵... Read More

A River Runs Through Our Hispanic Heritage Sep. 30, 2014

Miguel Perez

When the United States and Mexico agreed to designate a large portion of the Rio Grande as the inter... Read More

The First Thanksgiving in the (Southwest) United States Sep. 16, 2014

Miguel Perez

When you get to San Elizario, Texas, in a part of the country that bears little resemblance to Plymo... Read More

A Hidden Latina Role Model Sep. 02, 2014

Miguel Perez

Long after "Remember the Alamo" no longer needed to be used as a battle cry against Mexico, it was u... Read More

San Antonio: The Showcase of Our Spanish Heritage Aug. 19, 2014

Miguel Perez

In the early evening, as I walked through Main Plaza in downtown San Antonio, headed by the majestic... Read More

'Remember the Alamo' Was a Spanish Mission Aug. 12, 2014

Miguel Perez

Its original name was Mision San Antonio de Valero. It was built by Native Americans and Spanish Fra... Read More

Republicans and Hispanics Can Do This Jun. 14, 2014

Dear Mark

Dear Mark: I am upset with the Republican Party of Texas. As a Hispanic Republican (yes, we do exist... Read More

The 'Discovery' of Self-Loathing Hispanics Jun. 03, 2014

Miguel Perez

Wherever they went in North America, usually years before any of the other European explorers, the S... Read More

Marking America's Birthplace Jan. 31, 2014

Miguel Perez

The dream of marking the spot where Juan Ponce de Leon actually landed — after discovering and... Read More

Gay Marriage's Hidden American History Started in Spanish Jan. 28, 2014

Miguel Perez

The word, as originally written in Spanish, was "diablura," which has been translated to English in ... Read More