Honoring Roots and Heritage Reagan's Hispanic Heritage Month

Well, good afternoon. We're here today to commemorate National Hispanic Heritage Week, and I'd like to thank the White House Hispanic Heritage Week Host ... It took place during the week of Aug. 15. It was 20 years later, on August 17, 1988, that President Ronald Reagan expanded the celebration to ... I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week beginning September 13, 1987, as National Hispanic Heritage Week. Each year, the United States observes National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, ... Full Title: President Reagan's Remarks at a White House Ceremony Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Week at the Diplomatic Entrance in ... HispanicHeritageMonth.gov emphasizes the scope of historic events and cultures that NHHM recognizes: “The observation started in 1968 as ... ... week-long celebration under President ... Twenty years later, in 1988, President Ronald Reagan expanded the observance to cover an entire month, ... It began as a week-long celebration in 1968 under President Johnson and was expanded to a month by President Reagan 20 years later in 1988. The month-long ... 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 ... President Lyndon Johnson first declared Hispanic Heritage Week in September of 1968. Years later, in 1988, U.S. Rep. Esteban Torres (D- ...