New London’s Celebration of Hispanic Heritage & Fireworks

 Saturday, Sept 21st –A celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month with Fireworks!
Guatemala Flag Raising TBA City Hall steps.

Join us at Parade Plaza for an evening filled with live music, delectable food trucks, a salsa lesson, cultural dancing, and a dazzling fireworks display!

Live Music at the Parade Plaza 

Cultural dancing,  salsa lesson and fireworks at 8:30 pm 

 Hygienic Art Park

Fireworks 9:00 pm – Sponsored by Foxwoods Resort Casino and New London City Center District

Restaurants and Business specials

Mi Casa Mexican Restaurant #2 –  Specials are chimichangas, quesadillas. Drink specials are michelada, mojito and pina coladas .  House margarita happy hour 3 to 6 and DJ.

 

Food Trucks

 

Vendors

 

Hispanic Heritage Week was first proclaimed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968 in Presidential proclamation 3869. Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan gave annual proclamations for Hispanic Heritage Week between 1969 and 1988. National Hispanic Heritage Month was first proclaimed by President George H. W. Bush[8] on September 14, 1989 in Presidential Proclamation 6021. Since 1989, all Presidents have given a Presidential Proclamation to mark Hispanic Heritage Month
September 15 was chosen as the starting point for the commemoration because it is the anniversary of independence of five Hispanic countries: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, who all declared independence in 1821. In addition, Mexico, Chile and Belize celebrate their independence days on September 16, September 18, and September 21 respectively.
There is a total of twenty countries in Latin America. In alphabetical order, the countries of Latin America include…
Argentina,Bolivia,Brazil,Chile,Colombia,Costa Rica,Cuba,The Dominican Republic,Ecuador,El Salvador,Guatemala,Honduras,Mexico,Nicaragua,Panama,Paraguay,Peru,Puerto Rico,Uruguay,
Venezuela

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