This is a very inspiring story of the Doolittle Raiders who bombed Tokyo in 1942 to turn the war effort around after the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor. The FINAL TOAST actually took place on November 9, 2013.

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They once were among the most universally admired and revered men in the United States. There were 80 of the Raiders in April 1942, when they carried out one of the most courageous and heart-stirring military operations in this nation's history. The mere mention of their unit's name, in those years, would bring tears to the eyes of grateful Americans. Now only four survive. After Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, with the United States reeling and wounded, something dramatic was needed to turn the war effort around.

Even though there were no friendly airfields close enough to Japan for the United States to launch a retaliation, a daring plan was devised. Sixteen B-25s were modified so that they could take off from the deck of an aircraft carrier. This had never before been tried -- sending such big, heavy bombers from a carrier. The 16 five-man crews, under the command of Lt. James Doolittle, who himself flew the lead plane off the USS Hornet, knew that they would not be able to return to the carrier.

They would have to hit Japan and then hope to make it to China for a safe landing. But on the day of the raid, the Japanese military caught wind of the plan. The Raiders were told that they would have to take off from much farther out in the Pacific Ocean than they had counted on. They were told that because of this they would not have enough fuel to make it to safety. And those men went anyway. They bombed Tokyo and then flew as far as they could.

Four planes crash-landed; 11 more crews bailed out, and three of the Raiders died. Eight more were captured; three were executed. Another died of starvation in a Japanese prison camp. One crew made it to Russia. The Doolittle Raiders sent a message from the United States to its enemies, and to the rest of the world: We will fight. And, no matter what it takes, we will win. Of the 80 Raiders, 62 survived the war.

They were celebrated as national heroes, models of bravery. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer produced a motion picture based on the raid; 'Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo,' starring Spencer Tracy and Van Johnson, was a patriotic and emotional box-office hit, and the phrase became part of the national lexicon. In the movie-theater previews for the film, MGM proclaimed that it was presenting the story 'with supreme pride.'

Beginning in 1946, the surviving Raiders have held a reunion each April, to commemorate the mission. The reunion is in a different city each year. In 1959, the city of Tucson, Arizona, as a gesture of respect and gratitude, presented the Doolittle Raiders with a set of 80 silver goblets. Each goblet was engraved with the name of a Raider. Every year, a wooden display case bearing all 80 goblets is transported to the reunion city. Each time a Raider passes away, his goblet is turned upside down in the case at the next reunion, as his old friends bear solemn witness. Also in the wooden case is a bottle of 1896 Hennessy Very Special cognac.

The year is not happenstance: 1896 was when Jimmy Doolittle was born. There has always been a plan: When there are only two surviving Raiders, they would open the bottle, at last drink from it, and toast their comrades who preceded them in death.

As 2013 began, there were five living Raiders; then, in February, Tom Griffin passed away at age 96. What a man he was.

After bailing out of his plane over a mountainous Chinese forest after the Tokyo raid, he became ill with malaria and almost died. When he recovered, he was sent to Europe to fly more combat missions. He was shot down, captured, and spent 22 months in a German prisoner of war camp. The selflessness of these men, the sheer guts.

There was a passage in the Cincinnati Enquirer obituary for Mr. Griffin that, on the surface, had nothing to do with the war, but that was emblematic of the depth of his sense of duty and devotion. 'When his wife became ill and needed to go into a nursing home, he visited her every day. He walked from his house to the nursing home, fed his wife and at the end of the day brought home her clothes. At night, he washed and ironed her clothes.

Then he walked them up to her room the next morning. He did that for three years until her death in 2005.' So now, out of the original 80, only four Raiders remain: Dick Cole (Doolittle's co-pilot on the Tokyo raid), Robert Hite, Edward Saylor and David Thatcher.

All are in their 90s. They have decided that there are too few of them for the public reunions to continue. The events in Fort Walton Beach marked the end. It has come full circle; Florida's nearby Eglin Field was where the Raiders trained in secrecy for the Tokyo mission. The town planned to do all it can to honor the men: a six-day celebration of their valor, including luncheons, a dinner and a parade. Do the men ever wonder if those of us for whom they helped save the country have tended to it in a way that is worthy of their sacrifice? They don't talk about that, at least not around other people.

But if you find yourself near Fort Walton Beach this week, and if you should encounter any of the Raiders, you might want to offer them a word of thanks. I can tell you from first hand observation that they appreciate hearing that they are remembered. The men have decided that after this final public reunion they will wait until a later date -- some time this year -- to get together once more, informally and in absolute privacy. That is when they will open the bottle of brandy.

The years are flowing by too swiftly now; they are not going to wait until there are only two of them. They will fill the four remaining upturned goblets. And raise them in a toast to those who are gone.

As former Middle East peace envoy writes in his, the U.S. Government was downright hostile to Israel in its early years. Ross, who now serves as the William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and as Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University, notes that nearly all of President Harry S. Truman’s major foreign policy advisors saw the emergence of Israel as “doom and gloom for the United States.” At the time, this was also the predominant view within America’s national security establishment. Support for the Jewish state was considered of “no strategic benefit.” The fear (totally unfounded, as Ross points out) was that it would come “at enormous cost to our relations with the Arabs.” In a chapter devoted to the Truman presidency, Ross describes how most leading U.S. National security officials at the time were on a “mission against the Jewish state.” Then senior members of the State Department, the Pentagon, and the CIA maintained a “hostile posture toward the Jewish state and continued to see only risks associated with U.S. Support for it.” Most also thought it highly “improbable that the Jewish state would survive over any considerable period of time.” So the consensus was that siding with the Arabs was the safer bet.

To be sure, as Ross rightly remarks, “Truman was a good friend of Israel.” But the “actual support he provided was limited.” Arms Embargo Especially calamitous for the fledgling Jewish state was the that the Truman administration imposed on all U.S. Weapons going to the warring groups in the last months of the British Mandate for Palestine. The embargo went into effect in December 1947—just a few weeks after the UN General Assembly adopted the plan to partition Palestine into a Jewish and Arab state. It was maintained even after Israel was invaded by Egypt, Syria, and Jordan in May 1948, following Israel’s declaration of statehood. The embargo stayed in force throughout Truman’s tenure. Ross remarks that the arms embargo was ostensibly meant “to limit the scope of the violence.” But in reality it “effectively penalized only the Jews, as the British continued to provide weapons to Arab armies and these leaked to Arab forces in Palestine.”.

The strictly-enforced U.S. Embargo left Israel with next to nothing to meet the Arab state onslaught.

Israel had no tanks, no air force, and only a meager amount of weapons. But it had Al Schwimmer and his band of brothers—a group of former WWII aviators, most of whom had seen combat in the Pacific theater.

Together they agreed to support the Jews, even if it meant defying U.S. Individual American Veterans to the Rescue Schwimmer and his buddies knew that any American caught assisting the Jewish fighting forces in Palestine ran the risk of fines, imprisonment, and even loss of citizenship. But they didn’t care. The stakes were too high to worry about personal costs. A, released a few months ago and airing on PBS stations and community events nationwide, recounts the exploits of these amazing American flyboys and their secret mission to save the Jewish state from assured destruction.

Below I discuss who these remarkable Americans were, and review the new film that documents their heroism. Exclusive footage and images for Legal Insurrection are also included. The Americans Who Flew For Israel in 1948 Last week, a World War II torpedo bomber pilot who traveled to Palestine in 1948 and flew 25 missions for the fledgling Israeli Air Force, died at the age of 92 in his native Minnesota. According to his obituaries, Frankel flew in the first U.S. Navy raid on Tokyo in February 1945. In subsequent raids he helped sink a Japanese cruiser and protected his squadron commander, whose plane had been badly damaged. For these and other heroic actions during the war, Frankel received the Navy Cross, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, three Air Medals and two Presidential Citations.

Lou Lenart, U.S. Marine Marine —also joined this secret mission to give the newborn Jewish state a fighting chance to survive.

Lenart eventually helped to fend off an Egyptian advance on Tel Aviv during Israel’s War of Independence. I described it as “one of the greatest fake-outs in military history” in this previous post: Lenart died this past July at his home in the central Israeli city of Ra’anana. Other members of this courageous band of brothers have also passed in recent years. Very few are left. Photo below.... Eddie Styrak died in 2011 after living for some time in a California nursing home. Styrak was a Christian radio operator during WWII who broke out of a British prison in Palestine where he was serving time for illegally transporting Holocaust survivors to the country.

He also decided to join the group of volunteer aviators. Adolph (Al) Schwimmer, the operation’s legendary commander, passed away back in 2011 at age 94. Schwimmer, who worked for TWA after the war, had been a flight engineer for the U.S.

Transport Command in World War II. There, he saw no combat. Back in the U.S. He led a quiet life before he single-handedly helped to arm the Jews of Palestine, earning him a place on the FBI’s most-wanted list. The operation supplied $12 million in surplus weaponry to the Jewish state. This included decommissioned U.S. Transport planes (mainly Curtiss C-46 Commandos), old Messerschmitt Me-109s (the mainstay of the German Luftwaffe!), crate loads of tens of thousands of Mauser rifles, and even a few surplus B-17 bombers.

Schwimmer and his team also recruited most of the trained pilots for the embryonic Israeli Air Force, which celebrated its 65 th anniversary this past May. There can be no doubt that Schwimmer and his men helped to turn the tide of the 1948 war and reshaped history. David Ben-Gurion himself said that Al Schwimmer was the “greatest gift that America gave Israel.”. Al Schwimmer with David Ben-Gurion Yet, few people know that in 1948 a bunch of gutsy American World War II vets who were determined to “save a people” raced against the clock and around the globe to evade detection by US state authorities, who were hot on their tail and determined to shut them down.

Now a, A Wing And A Prayer, distributed by American Public Television to over 150 stations across the country—including all top 30 markets— at long last recounts how a group of American World War II aviators risked their lives and freedom in 1948 to come to Israel’s help. The film, which has become a hit on PBS with viewers describing it as “riveting”, “moving” and “powerful”, includes over 20 interviews with the mission’s key members, their surviving family members, and historians. Exclusive interviews are filmed in the U.S., Canada, Israel, and the Czech Republic.

The documentary also archives the only known interview that exists of the operation’s mastermind, Al Schwimmer. A Wing And A Prayer is written, directed, and produced by award-winning filmmaker Boaz Dvir (, ).

He’s an Israeli who graduated from the University of Florida and now teaches journalism and film at Penn State. The film can be purchased from PBS for a tax-deductible contribution of $20 (call 1-800-222-9728).

One of the Greatest Jewish Philanthropists You Never Heard Of Julius Rosenwald, the Jew who created over 5000 schools for African Americans across the US. By Ronda Robinson Julius Rosenwald, a Jewish peddler’s son who never finished high school, rose to become the chairman of Sears, Roebuck & Company and a modest philanthropist who gave away $62 million in his lifetime, including seed money for more than 5,000 schools for black children in the early 1900s. More than 80 years after his death, Rosenwald’s story is making headlines around the world, thanks to award-winning Washington, D.C., filmmaker Aviva Kempner. She released her new feature-length documentary, “Rosenwald,” in August. Thus far, it has played in more than 90 theaters in markets across the United States, such as Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco. “I greatly admire Rosenwald’s philanthropy.

He gave away $62 million to various causes, which in today’s dollars is closer to $1 billion,” says Kempner, whose films illuminate the untold stories of Jewish heroes. Her previous documentaries include “Partisans of Vilna,” “The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg,” and “Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg.” She calls Rosenwald “the greatest philanthropist you’ve never heard of.” “I felt that this story was too important to go unnoticed. It is a great Jewish legacy that I am excited to make better known. At a time when financial hardships abound and civil rights issues unfortunately still exist, it is imperative that Julius Rosenwald’s story be told now.”. Julian Bond Twelve years ago Kempner was attending a lecture at the Hebrew Center on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts and heard about Julius Rosenwald.

She listened to Julian Bond, the late American civil rights leader, talk about his family’s connection to Rosenwald, who built schools and housing for blacks in the early 1900s and provided grants for promising black artists and writers. Immediately, the story had her hooked. Kempner felt Rosenwald embodied the Jewish values of tikkun olam ( repairing the world) and tzedakah ( charity). After the talk, she told Bond, “I’m going to make this film.” Thus began a collaboration that lasted 12 year, with Bond serving as her main consultant on the film. Interviewees include famous actors, authors, rabbis and politicians, as well as Rosenwald’s descendants.

M However, the film reveals an endearing humility. In a sound-bite from the documentary, Rosenwald says, “Most people are of the opinion that because a man has made a fortune, that his opinions on any subject are valuable. Don’t be fooled into believing that if a man is rich, he is smart. Most large fortunes are made by men of mediocre ability who tumbled into a lucky opportunity and couldn’t help but get rich.” Rosenwald had two personalities, according to his great-grandson: a tough, profit-driven businessman and a civil rights champion who wanted to help blacks go to school and live the American dream. Rosenwald with Booker T. Washington Influenced by the writings of black educator Booker T. Washington, the Jewish philanthropist joined forces with African-American communities in the segregated South to build not only schools, but also YMCAs and YWCAs.

Rosenwald said as a Jew – a member of a despised minority – he identified with blacks. In 1910 a YMCA delegation asked him to give $25,000 to build a “Negro YMCA” in Chicago. He said he would provide that to any Y in the country that could raise an additional $75,000. And so began a model for building nearly 30 Y’s across the country between 1913 and 1932, the year Rosenwald died. The same principle applied in building schools. He didn’t just give money; he challenged the community to match funds. One of the Rosenwald Schools Rosenwald served as a trustee of Tuskegee Institute, a historically black college in Alabama. On his 50th birthday in 1912, the philanthropist gave Tuskegee $25,000 to be distributed as grants for other black schools that followed the Tuskegee model.

Washington, Tuskegee’s first leader, suggested taking approximately $2,800 of this money to build six small elementary schoolhouses for blacks in rural communities. The need arose due to underfunding of public education for black children who were required to attend segregated schools. “The genius of Rosenwald schools wasn’t that he gave money,” Julian Bond explains in the film.

“He said, ‘Here’s money; I’ll give you one-third the cost of the school, and you’ll have to raise in your community one-third, and go to the local white community to raise the remaining one-third.”. Julius Rosenwald with students from a Rosenwald school.

Courtesy Fist University, John Hope and Aureilia E. Franklin Library, Special Collections The Sears mogul created buy-in and community partnership. The black community raised money through bake sales, fish fries and other efforts. However, not everyone was sold.

Hate-mongers sometimes would set fire to Rosenwald schools or blast them with dynamite. The schools would be rebuilt once, even twice, before they were left alone.Rosenwald schools lasted until the Civil Rights era in the United States. In 1954, when the Supreme Court declared segregation in education unconstitutional, the schools became obsolete. The Rosenwald Fund donated to public schools, colleges and universities, Jewish charities and black institutions, and also made grants directly to black artists, writers, researchers and intellectuals, before all of the money was spent in 1948, per the benefactor’s wishes. Bond, whose father received a Rosenwald fellowship, called the list of grantees a “Who’s Who of Black America.” It included contralto Marian Anderson, poet Langston Hughes and Nobel Peace Prize-winning diplomat Ralph Bunche, among many others.

Through his example, the philanthropist inspired others to make a difference. For instance, Rosenwald’s children and cousins rescued 300 relatives from Nazi Germany and helped settle and educate them in America. “We can’t all give $62 million away, but I think there’s a little Rosenwald in all of us. What we’re doing in Washington is collecting books to take to the local schools,” says Kempner, born in Berlin after World War II to a Holocaust survivor and a U.S.

Army officer. She hopes her latest film will inspire viewers to offer their own brand of tikkun olam. Be sure and go to the website and view the trailer for the documentary. San Diego, CA - Representatives from some of America's largest corporations gathered at the Paradise Point Resort and Spa on Mission Bay in San Diego as part of the 2015 NHCC Fall Summit to focus on ways to prepare and promote more Latinos into managerial- and executive-level positions. The Washington D.C.-based National Hispanic Corporate Council 's Fall 2015 Summit welcomed representatives from Walmart, Boeing, State Farm Insurance, Wells Fargo Bank, Jet Blue and dozens of others. Given that Latinos make up 17% of the U.S. Download Guitar Rig 4 Free. Population but fill only 4% of executive-level positions, summit organizers say the time to invest in building a workforce that can increase Latino leadership in corporate America is now.

'For a variety of reasons, Latinos are under-represented within the upper ranks of America's largest corporations,' said Octavio Hinojosa, Executive Director of the National Hispanic Corporate Council. 'By bringing together companies and subject matter experts, we hope to further the conversation on the importance of implementing effective corporate diversity and inclusion initiatives to ensure our member companies are reaching their fullest potential when it comes to winning over the Hispanic consumer market.' Felix Almaraz, President of the San Antonio Historical Association.

Photo by Don Mathis. Felix Almaraz, President of the San Antonio Historical Association, spoke to the group Tuesday. These “Gateway Missions” led the way for further development in the Spanish Borderlands.

“They were located near the present day town of Guerrero, Coahuila, about 30 miles south of Eagle Pass,” he said. The new Christians felt they had been abandoned in the wilderness. “It wasn’t until 1703 they had their first baptism,” Almaraz said, “And 1704 before their cultural identity was recorded.” Almaraz said the San Antonio River valley was chosen as a fulcrum to protect against constant French encroachment. “The superpowers (France and Spain) pushed the missions into this desolated land,” Almaraz said.

“The Spanish felt that if they vacated the northern lands, someone else would take it over.” Such a broad view fit well with the Franciscan’s plan to convert more Indians. Friar Olivares explored the terrain for sites of future missions and recommended that the government authorize a location for a new religious outpost, one that would prevent French intrusion. Visitors line up in front of The Alamo. Photo by Scott Ball. “The new viceroy studied the reports and recommended Olivares’ plan to close Mission San Francisco Solano and move it to San Antonio,” Almaraz said. “The converts would act as models at the new location.” In April, 1718, Don Martin de Alarcon and Padre Olivares traveled northward to establish the mission settlement which would become San Antonio.

“In May 1718, they established Mission San Antonio de Valero,” Almaraz said. “Four days after the mission was founded, a presidio was built.” Felix Almaraz, History Professor Emeritus at UTSA, spoke of Mission San Antonio before it was a battle site. The mission started a building program in the 1720s. “Some soldiers began to call their settlement a villa,” Almaraz said, “but it was not designated by the monarchy. A villa was a municipal community, it has a city council.” The mission started a building program in the 1720s. “Some soldiers began to call their settlement a villa,” Almaraz said, “but it was not designated by the monarchy. A villa was a municipal community, it has a city council.” In 1772, when San Antonio became the provincial capital of Texas, the Missions were still fulfilling their purpose.

But by 1830, all the Missions in the area were secularized. “Secularized does not mean failure,” Almaraz explained.

“It means success. The purpose of the Franciscan Friars was to progress from mission to congregation.” The Mission lands were deeded to the converts – but this created other problems. “The Bourbon Dynasty started a tax on cattle,” Almaraz said. “And since most trade was accomplished by barter, the residents had no money to pay their taxes.” Spain had one setback after another. “It was a century of depression,” Almaraz said.

In 1841, the new government passed an act returning the sanctuary of the Alamo to the Roman Catholic Church. “Texas law made the Missions the property of the Bishops,” Almaraz said. Lori Houston, Director of the Center City Development Office (CCDO), said the history of the Alamo can be broken down into three different eras and has plans to interpret those epochs of history. “We want to make sure our visitors understand that the Alamo represents the establishment of San Antonio, that there was a very important battle 100 years later, and that it’s still a part of the life of the city.” On March 6 last year, the 179th anniversary of the fall of the Alamo, the City approved a process for the development of a comprehensive master plan for Alamo Plaza and established a 21-member Advisory Committee. Lori Houston, Director of the Center City Development Office, outlined plans for the future of Alamo Plaza. “The City has been working up a partnership with the General Land Office (who owns the Alamo) and the Alamo Plaza Advisory Committee to make a master plan,” Houston said. “Our goal is to connect our residents and visitors to the Alamo.” The City wants to enhance connectivity to the river, surrounding neighborhoods and plazas, and other historic sites.

Lori Houston Photo courtesy City of San Antonio. “We’ll do this by way finding and improving streets,” Houston said. “The State contributed $32 million to be used for restoration of the Alamo. And the City contributed $16 million for redevelopment of Alamo Plaza.” The State and City master plan will include strategies for investment and management, implementation, interpretative elements, and a physical layout.

According to the City Agenda Memorandum from Dec. 11, 2014, the plan will be presented to City Council for adoption in the summer of 2016. Alamo Plaza has evolved from wilderness, to mission, to battleground, to major metropolis. Changes were initiated earlier this year when the Texas General Land Office took over operations from the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. More changes will occur since the missions were designated a World Heritage Site by the United Nations this summer. The City will offer its input in the coming months. Mission San Antonio de Valero is not finished with its metamorphosis.

Erasmo Riojas Pearland TX 713 575 5425. Remember the Alamo because it's getting a facelift SAN ANTONIO  BY JIM FORSYTH Lifestyle  Thu Oct 29, 2015 Visitors stand near the entrance as men use a lift to repair and restore stonework along the curved facade of the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas October 26, 2015. The man who long-headed San Antonio's Chamber of Commerce has grown tired of the reaction he receives from the visitors he takes to the Alamo, the highly recognizable monument to Texas independence and the state' most-visited tourist site. 'Underwhelmed,' is how Joe Krier, also a city councilman, sums up many of the reactions. The clamor of city traffic, the modern hotels and office towers rising up around the surprisingly small building have diminished the stature of the white stone-walled structure with its distinctive curved facade. An often-used derision is that it looks like a tourist trap. The state of Texas has also heard the complaints and the legislature has set aside $32 million to transform the Alamo and the plaza in front of it for the first time in more than a century.

It is planning a facelift that will preserve its history and restore dignity to the square where a momentous event in state history unfolded. 'The problem is, it doesn't look like John Wayne's movie set,' said Richard Bruce Winders, the long-time official Alamo historian, referring to the iconic 1960 film where Wayne played Alamo defender and famed frontiersman Davy Crockett. The structure began life as a Spanish colonial mission in the mid 1700s. In the 1836 battle between Texian and Mexican forces, the Alamo's vastly outnumbered defenders were routed by Mexican forces in a 13-day siege. But the battle became a rallying point for the Texas forces, who defeated the Mexican Army a few weeks later.

For most the 20th century, the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, an underfunded heritage organization, has managed the building ever since it prevented a portion of the grounds from being sold to a hotel developer in 1905. DON'T MESS WITH PHIL COLLINS But over the past three years, the state wrestled control from the group, and has looked to a brighter future thanks in part to musician Phil Collins, who fell in love with the Alamo watching the Davy Crockett TV show in England in the 1950s and collected pieces of its history. Last year Collins, who has earned the status of honorary Texan for his largess, donated the largest privately held collection of Alamo artifacts to the state, on the condition that a world class museum be built to house it. An Alamo Endowment, headed by some of the state's best fundraisers, has vowed to raise as much as $300 million to help with the project, on top of the money set aside by lawmakers.

The United Nations also weighed in earlier this year by declaring the Alamo and the four other San Antonio Spanish missions to be World Heritage Sites, the first in Texas. 'All of the pieces have finally come together,' said Alamo Director Becky Dinnin. 'We finally have the ability to do things that have to be done to better tell this story.' WHICH HISTORY?

But the questions is, which history should be told? Some preservationists hope to restore the Alamo and its plaza to the way they appeared on March 6, 1836, when Mexican forces stormed over the walls before dawn and the famous Battle of the Alamo took place. 'Then you would have to remove the parapet,' Winders said, adding the famous rounded facade did not exist during the battle, and was added by the U.S. Army when it took over the abandoned building as a supply depot after Texas joined the union in 1845.

Dinnin said there are so many layers of history from the Spanish colonial time, the battle, and the industrial build up of San Antonio into the seventh most populous U.S. 'It's always a balance,' said Kim Barker, Project Manager for Historic Resources for the Texas General Land Office. As to the bustling 21st century community with the hotels and office towers and tourist-oriented businesses crowding in on the historic shrine, Barker says that is also part of the ongoing story of the Alamo.

The state recently purchased several buildings in front of the Alamo as part of the long-term plan to re-invent the plaza, and there is talk of demolishing them to give the Alamo more space. But Winders points out some of those buildings were originally developed by Samuel Maverick, one of the founders of Texas whose name coined the term 'Maverick,' which originally referred to his unbranded cattle herd. 'What the Spanish intended was that the Mission be the seed of a community. So it was a success,' said Barker.

'We need to respect that, at the end of the day, it did its job. It is in the middle of a very large city. And that is also part of the story of the Alamo.' (Additional writing by Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Alan Crosby) Sent by John Inclan. '53 Million & One' Real estate broker Jerry Ascencio takes his stories of Latino struggles to the stage Jerry Ascencio came to California 57 years ago from Mexico. Those early years were defined by struggle and punctuated by periods where he lived in a trailer, worked three jobs and performed in mariachi groups in the underbelly of San Fernando Valley nightlife.

But today he stands as an example of why so many come north: He found financial success. He did well in real estate, and is now telling his story in a seemingly unlikely place — the theater. '53 Million & One,' details Ascencio's journey from immigrant to entrepreneur.

Ascencio, chairman of the National Assn. Of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals, a post he uses to promote Latino home ownership, plays himself in the production he co-wrote with a colleague. The live show, which will make a stop Tuesday at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, highlights the challenges and experiences that thread the 53 million Latinos living in the United States. 'This is not just the Jerry Ascencio story,' Ascencio, who owns a real estate brokerage in the Valley, said by phone. 'It's the story of every immigrant. Remove the heritage, replace it with another, and it's the same, exact story.'

Gerardo Ascencio, known as 'Jerry' to friends and family, was born in Michoacan, a state in Western Mexico. His father sought better opportunities in America but his application for a visa was declined. He paid a 'coyote' to take him across the border and landed in the Valley.

His dad worked in a factory to pay for his wife and two children to enter the United States. Three family members remaining in Mexico could not make the journey together. Ascencio was left in the hands of strangers in Tijuana, as his mother and brother joined their father in the Valley. A week later, he reunited with his family. Ascencio went to school and completed eighth grade. At 15, his father sent him back to school in Mexico, where he lived for two years with his grandmother.

'My father never allowed me to forget my roots,' he said. His father eventually provided the family a good blue collar life, he said, finding employment on an assembly line at General Motors in Van Nuys, where he also made and sold burritos to coworkers at the plant, which is now shuttered. At age 17, Ascencio started teaching English to children, but when his father found out that his son had dropped out of school, he demanded Ascencio return to California and contribute to the family, which had welcomed three more children.

The then-teenager worked three jobs — at a fiber glass factory in the morning, playing with mariachi groups at night, and then toiling through the graveyard shift at a gas station with his brother. These and other family stories are shared in the show, including those of Aunt Gloria, a widow with five kids who lived in East Los Angeles. Her children got involved in drugs, gangs and violence. Today two of Ascencio's cousins, Aunt Gloria's children, are dead, and another one is in jail, and their stories were not sugar-coated.

'We didn't want this to be a Pollyanna story,' Ascencio said, who is married with three children. 'We talk about making the wrong choices in America and how a transition can be beautiful for some or how it can break down others.' Ascencio said his interest in the real estate industry came from his mother, who watched a talk show on Telemundo about successful entrepreneurs, one of them a Realtor. His mother said the bilingual Ascencio, the neighborhood's official translator for loan documents, eviction notices and letters from the IRS or INS, could make a good living in real estate. Ascencio thought about how his family never owned a home. In fact, there was a time when the family of five lived in a trailer parked in a relative's backyard.

After Ascencio obtained his real estate license, he helped his parents put a 20% down payment on a home in Pacoima. 'I helped the family achieve a goal, and I remember when we closed escrow, wiggling my toes in the carpet and thinking we had a chimney,' said Ascencio, who now has 25 years as a broker under his belt. 'It was such an incredibly significant moment in our lives, becoming a part of American society.' '53 Million & One' developed when Ascencio and friend Gary Acosta, National Assn. Of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals co-founder and CEO saw 'Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth,' a documentary highlighting the African-American experience through the boxer's experiences.

Ascencio and Acosta talked about Ascencio's story and co-wrote the script. The live show, which has been performed in over American 20 cities, incorporates plenty of music, drawing on its protagonist's background as a Mariachi performer. There's also plenty of American pop in the score. 'It's the most priceless moment when someone says they will never look at another immigrant the same way,' Ascencio said.

'I get floored and humbled.' MARCOS VERGARA DEL CARRIL An associate in the Entertainment, Technology and Advertising Practice Group at Sheppard Mullin Law Firm. Vergara focuses on transactional entertainment matters, advising clients on various aspects of the development, production, acquisition and distribution of motion pictures and television programming, chain of title and clearance issues, employment and guild matters, option and acquisition of literary property, music publishing, website development and sponsorship deals. The National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) is a national membership organization that addresses the professional needs of Latin@ content creators. NALIP's mission is to promote, advance and advocate for Latino content creators across media.

Find out more and support NALIP. Our hard work teams of judges, professionals in various aspects of the film and television industry, were excited about the possibilities of these finalist to become quality entertainment. Copies of all these winning books will be presented to key television networks and movie studios.

The Awards were presented in 16 key movie and television categories on November 7th during the 2015 Los Angeles Latino Book & Family Festival at Mount SAC College in Los Angeles County. The event featured a wide variety of workshops and over 60 authors. The Awards are organized by Latino Literacy Now that also produces the Int'l Latino Book Awards and oversees the Int'l Society of Latino Authors. Sent by Kirk Whisler. Will.i.am and Ovation network are trying to raise $100,000 in the next several days to send Boyle Heights kids to the robotics competition in St. Louis Will.i.am and Ovation network are trying to raise $100,000 in the next several days to send Boyle Heights kids to the robotics competition in St.

Louis Courtesy of ill.i Optics Hailing from Boyle Heights, Will.i.am has turned his attention to helping support what he calls STEAM (Science, Technology, Education, Arts and Math) education in his hometown. He established the i.am.angel Foundation in 2009, and through it created college scholarships and funded after-school programs (like Erenas’ robotics team) to further his cause. The multi-hyphenate social media maven, who has over 47 million Instagram followers and over 30M on Twitter, recently released her second solo album 'Revival' off the heels of her platinum single 'Good For You.' She lent her voice to Adam Sandler's animated 'Hotel Transylvania' and its sequel, plus had starring roles in 'Rudderless,' alongside William H.

Macy, 'Spring Breakers' with James Franco and the 2011 rom-com 'Monte Carlo.' She also joined Season 9 of as Gwen Stefani's team adviser and appeared in Taylor Swift's. Coming up, Gomez will star in the follow-up to Zac Efron and Seth Rogen's 2014 hit film. NORTH TUSTIN – Catherine Arthur has a new hobby.

As she sits on a couch in the North Tustin home where she grew up, reading a mystery or otherwise passing the time, Arthur keeps one eye turned to her bay window. When she catches a visitor stopping at the box mounted in front of her white picket fence, she stays still so as not to spook them.

But, inside, 63-year-old Arthur is squealing like a school girl. “I get so excited. I say, ‘Look, someone is at my library!’” Over the summer, Arthur and her husband, John, installed the only Little Free Library in their unincorporated community. Similar outposts are popping up throughout the county. Since the first book exchange was registered locally, in July 2012 – out of a washtub set out in front of a home in Los Alamitos – at least 43 Little Free Libraries have been established in Orange County. They’re part of a worldwide network that’s estimated to include 32,000 free libraries.

“I think it’s just such a charming idea,” said Arthur, a retiree who last worked as a secretary at Cal State Fullerton. Ghost Whisperer 5 Stagione Episodic Memory. “You do feel like you’re doing something good for the kids on the street.” Wisconsin resident Todd Bol started the nonprofit Little Free Library program in 2009, when he built a model of a one-room schoolhouse in front of his home, filled it with books and opened it to the public. Anyone can take a book – or two, or five.

There’s no obligation to return them, though that’s always welcome. And visitors are encouraged to leave a book or two of their own. The concept has taken hold as part of the sharing economy, with a growing number of people sharing their cars through services like Uber and their homes through platforms such as Airbnb. In the case of libraries, sharing is literal and no money is involved; books trade hands for free. Irvine installed such libraries in four city parks on Nov.

The Norman family of Tustin now has three exchanges – one at their home and others outside public offices in Irvine and Santa Ana. And a group of volunteers in San Clemente built a Little Free Library in a community garden. Lisa Morguess first heard about the idea in the spring, when a friend in Nebraska posted a Facebook photo of her own book exchange box. A few months later, Morguess’ husband was pouring concrete and erecting a post along their tree-lined street in Fullerton’s Golden Hill neighborhood.

“I just love the idea of sharing books,” Morguess said. She’s been an avid reader all her life, with a self-proclaimed “book-buying addiction” for memoirs and contemporary fiction. So Morguess tries to model that literary passion for her seven children, who range in age from 3 to 18. Both the Morguess family and the Arthurs bought their libraries as kits through the nonprofit, with standard options that range from $150 to $600. There’s even a $1 million model – featuring artwork by Simpsons creator Matt Groening, who will personally deliver the library to its buyer – that’s offered for sale as a fundraiser. Little Free Libraries can be as simple as a book-filled box turned on its side to custom creations, such as the one Jason McEwen installed at his Huntington Beach home. McEwen’s 5-year-old daughter saw the idea on the Disney Channel.

“I ended up building one and giving it to my wife for Mother’s Day,” said McEwen, 34, a lawyer who’s currently borrowing “The Martian” from his library. The McEwens’ library includes two boxes: one several feet off the ground, with books for adults and teens, plus an “annex” near the sidewalk with books just for kids.

Each of the three McEwen kids helped paint the annex, their dad said. And they regularly run out to borrow books from it or to greet anyone who stops to browse. McEwen has had to make some adjustments along the way to his homemade box, waterproofing around the door and shutting down the operation for a couple days to battle a termite infestation. But things are going smoothly now, with visitors coming in waves as they discover the site.

Arthur helped spread the word about her library by making fliers and leaving them on doors around the neighborhood. Others have stumbled on it while walking. And anyone can visit the nonprofit’s website to find their closest Little Free Library. Library “stewards,” as they’re called, also have formed their own support community.

They get access to a private Facebook group, plus a newsletter with tips and a peek at books coming out soon. Recently, a woman who has a Little Free Library at her home in Walnut came by and packed the Morguess’ box with books, with titles that include the novel “Revolutionary Road” and a handbook on golf. For Tustin resident Arthur – who grew up reading constantly and regularly visiting area libraries – the effort is all about literacy. Visits to public libraries are down slightly statewide per capita over the past 10 years, according to data from the California State Library. Local book stores and major retail chains continue to shut down, with IBISWorld reporting the industry shrank by about 7 percent from 2010 to 2015. Little Free Library stewards hope their effort might pick up some of that slack, putting books back into the hands of young people, in particular.

“I would like to see more kids reading books,” Arthur said. “Hopefully, it will start a little trend.”.

Enough's Enough: It's Time to Save Orange County, CA Chicano Murals by Gustavo Arellano Coach Tom Flores Should be in the Professional Football Hall of Fame Public History Project: Refusing to Forget: US-Mexico border between 1915-1920 The Hispanic Link Legacy Project by Armando Rodriguez Victory at Last by Daisy Wanda Garcia Felix Longoria Texas Historical Marker reinstalled last week Text of Longoria plaque Justice for Menchaca fundraiser reached its goal. Proposal to Enhance Founders’ Day by Joe Antonio Lopez. Civic Center Drive and Hanley Street, Santa Ana Photo: Eric Hood/OC la-raza-mural-eric-hood.jpg The elements and time remain the most obvious enemy, but a far more pernicious foe has emerged in the past 15 years: indifference.

Few people care about fundraising to preserve the Chicano murals, assuming they'll stand forever. New developments level the buildings and walls that offered a home, as a new generation consider the faded relics blighted.

More ominously, politicians, police officers and landlords now decry these once-accepted landmarks as divisive, seeking to have them criminalized--or just destroyed. Enough's enough. It's time we collectively care, collectively treasure OC's Chicano murals. Love your Wyland whales, your apolitical street art, your elementary-school pastorals or the many walls depicting Orange County's past through nostalgic, false pastels.

But Chicano murals are an indelible part of our history, public documents of a time and place that is fast disappearing. There's about a dozen once-majestic, now-peeling beauties left. No one cares about them--so all of us should before it's too late.

Chicano murals entered Orange County in the 1970s at the height of el movimiento. Academics praised the works that popped up in barrios; the murals tackled everything from police brutality to indigenous tropes to Mexican history to the agricultural workers that once served as OC's de facto slaves. Despite the touchy subjects, politicians funded artists with city grants, asking they solicit community input and help to document neighborhood pride. Lemon Street overpass Photo: Eric Hood lemon-street-mural-eric-hood.jpg Speaking about a five-part collaboration on a wall in the Santa Nita barrio, Santa Ana High School's student newspaper, The Generator, commented in 1991, '[The mural] stands with pride knowing that four young men from the neighborhood had the courage to beautify their neighborhood expressing their talent. People of all ages...

Know that the mural represents their past and their future.' The Chicano mural movement became part of OC's art life. The Bowers Museum held workshops on the genre through the 1980s; at UC Irvine, Judy Baca trained a generation of artists while continuing work on The Great Wall of Los Angeles, a half-mile-long masterpiece in Los Angeles thought to be the longest of its type in the world. The monied set respected the scene enough that Orange Coast was moved to write in 1989, 'As a strong [Latino] middle class emerges and basic needs are no longer of immediate concern, a community starts to pay more attention to the finer things in life, including its cultural and artistic growth.' Salvation Army Church Eric Hood/OC Weekly Salvation-Army-Church.jpg The war against Chicano murals has only escalated since. In 2008, then-Fullerton City Council member Shawn Nelson (now an OC Supervisor) said during a council meeting, 'We need to get rid of that crap, like, right now,' referring to a Lemon Street overpass filled with pachucos, lowriders and a woman in a sombrero.

Nelson claimed they promoted gangs--never mind that the mural was painted in 1978 as a project by an anti-graffiti initiative or that a council member at the time told the Fullerton Tribune, 'This is one of the happiest days of [my] life, where the... Community can organize and get together to make their community better.' In San Juan Capistrano, a mural originally painted in 1994 to promote solidarity between Mexican and white students after a spate of racist incidents became a flashpoint for parents and anti-immigrant activists fighting the district's Latino outreach. Even more preposterous was the campaign against Emigdio Vasquez, OC's most famous muralist and someone whose works decorate everything from Anaheim City Hall to an old bus terminal in downtown Santa Ana. In 2009, when the Orange County district attorney's office tried to impose a gang injunction in Orange's Cypress Street barrio, they claimed his mural, Tribute to the Chicano Working Class, was a gang symbol. Prosecutors relied on a report by the Orange Police Department that claimed the mural promoted 'rebellion against a perceived oppressive government.' Supervisor Shawn Nelson thought this was 'Crap' Eric Hood/OC Weekly the-town-in-live-in-mural.jpg And those are just the famous cases.

Others have disappeared with little fanfare: another Vasquez mural that adorned a Mexican restaurant that stood across the street from Glover Stadium in Anaheim, destroyed early last decade. One depicting Aztec mythology at Tustin High School, painted in the late 1970s by the school's MEChA chapter, mysteriously disappeared last decade. Those that remain are a collection of flakes and chips; Vasquez's magnum opus, Memories of the Past and Images of the Present, which stretches across the outside of a liquor store in Anaheim and was created to commemorate the Little People's Park Riot of 1978, is little more than ghostly outlines now. And just this year, El Patio in Capistrano Beach planted bushes that will obscure a mural dating back to the 1970s featuring a UFW flag, an Aztec pyramid and more (poor Emiliano Zapata's face is now covered by what resembles a spruce).

Tustin High's Lost Mural Photo: Dr. Salas tustin-high-mural.jpg Really, all we can do is be vigilant. The Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 requires landlords who wish to destroy public art give the artist 90 days notice; violation of that can lead to legal action (in a famous LA case, the creator of a nine-story-tall mural depicting the artist Ed Ruscha won $1.1 million in 2008).

Protect them from desecration, from vandals rich and not. Or, at the very least, know your Chicano murals. Check out OC's more endangered murals, like the ones here, in person. Visit the neighborhoods that house them, talk to the natives. Know your OC history--whether you're Mexican-American or not, they're part of our narrative. Most important?

I received an email from Chris Martinez who explains that he and others [Professors: Theresa A. Martinez, Frederick Luis Aldama, Christopher Gonzalez, Jorge Iber] believe Thomas Raymond 'Tom' Flores (born March 21, 1937) a retired American football quarterback and coach, should be included in the Professional Football Hall of Fame.

After reading Flores' bio and accomplishments, my question is WHY isn't he in the Professional Football Hall of Fame? Of coaches in the modern era, only Vince Lombardi has a higher playoff winning percentage, Flores is number two.

Ranked second, as a Head Coach won his first Super Bowl in his Second year Ranked second, with 83 wins Second-Most in Raider franchise history Ranked second, All-Time Coach/Player combined Super Bowl/Championship wins, in the history of Professional Football Ranked third, All-Time Head Coach Super Bowl wins in the history of Professional Football Ranked third, All-Time Coach/Player combined Super Bowl wins, in the history of Professional Football In the 95 YEAR HISTORY PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL, Tom Flores is one of only four Latino Head Coaches in the history of Professional Football. Last week the elusive Longoria marker was erected in front of city hall in Three Rivers, Texas. According to the Progress, the local newspaper. The mayor, members of the Longoria family and some other dignitaries were present at this ceremony. About two months ago, I heard that the marker was MIA from its initial location in front of the Rice Funeral home. As time passed, and there were conflicting reports, I questioned where the marker was and why it was moved. I was informed that the marker was damaged in an alleged collision by a stereotypical woman driver and a police report was allegedly filed.

However, in a letter to Santiago Hernandez the Three Rivers police department wrote that there was no police report. The next account was the marker was in an undisclosed “safe” place. Later it was allegedly transported to Austin, Texas, to the Historical Commission. But the marker never made it to Austin and instead was diverted to San Antonio and then back to Three Rivers. The Texas Historical Commission was also unsure of the location of the marker as well. Where was the marker? Finally the marker resurfaced in Three Rivers.

Again, I enquired about when and where the marker would be placed. Employees of the city in Three Rivers had no information about where and when the marker would be dedicated, though this was a public information request. My calls were never returned. Finally an article appeared in the Three Rivers paper about the dedication. Ironically, the very individuals who tried to stop the marker from being erected initially are now claiming ownership-the same individuals who denied that the incident ever occurred even if historians said otherwise. I laugh when I think of the subterfuge which the Three Rivers crew went through to keep from disclosing public information and to avoid notifying Santiago Hernandez, John Valadez and myself about the marker dedication.

I will have nightmares about the missing marker until I see it with my own eyes. Now that the marker is up what is the next step? The glaring issue remains that the marker is placed in a location without historical relevance.

It should have been returned to its original location in front of the now demolished Rice funeral home? One excuse is the new owner did not want the marker on his land even when he bought it knowing the marker was on the land. The marker was tampered with even if it is the property of the state of Texas. This exception to the rule now opens endless possibilities for others to tamper with other historical markersperhaps the one in front of the Alamo? So the question is “Why is this a victory?

Merely because the marker was finally erected in Three Rivers, Texas! Thanks to the numerous inquiries from interested parties I feel the elusive Longoria marker would have never seen the light of day. Below is a copy of the article about the marker dedication appearing in the Progress for your amusement. Felix Longoria Texas Historical Marker reinstalled last week October 28, 2015 Tres Rios Nuevas by Celia Ruiz The Progess, October 28, 2015 ============================ ============================ ============================= Saturday, April 17, 2010, when the Texas Historical Commission and Santiago Hernandez, chairman of the American GI Forum- Pvt.

Felix Longoria Chapter of Corpus Christi and former Mayor James Liska dedicated the Felix Longoria Texas Historical marker in front of the former Rice Manor Funeral Home in Three Rivers, (owned by Olivia Parker, herself also a U.S. Veteran.) Hoping for the funeral home to be renovated, Ms. Parker donated it to the late David Darling.

Speaking with Tammy Martinez, Dave Darling's daughter, it was clearly understood that renovations for such an old funeral home were impossible, and it became the property of Richard Dockery Real Estate. By May 14, 2014, we knew that the funeral home was going to be demolished, and my sister Pauline Garcia and I went to take historical photos of the marker and the funeral home which was since intact.

By May 24, 2014, I returned to take a last photo of the completely cleared area where the funeral home used to be. The marker was still intact, but it ended an era of historical significance.

By March 2015, a police report was filed when the historical marker in the now parking lot was damaged when a car backed into it. When I asked Rosie Forehand, city administrator, she informed me that it had been sent for repair and a new site was being looked into (The new property owner requested that the historical marker be reinstalled at a safe location elsewhere in town.). At 10 a.m., we gathered by the flagpole and recited the pledge of allegiance prior to Mayor Sam Garcia and Live Oak County Judge Jim Huff unveiling the marker. Judge Huff's words are inspiring and with his permission, I want to share his speech. 'As we gather today at this new site for the Felix Longoria marker, much has been written about his death. Let us also remember about his life.

It was his service to our country that is also important. It was his sacrifice we should always remember. Felix Longoria of Three Rivers, Texas was a soldier in World War II. Like many others, he lost his life in a war on our behalf. If it were not for our military protecting our God-given freedom, our lives would be drastically different. Are we thankful for the right to gather here today?

Do we realize the immense honor it is to gather under a flag that in order to remain flying, has cost the lives of many? And as we write about Felix Longoria, are we thankful for freedom of free speech? Many men and women from our town fought for these freedoms we take and enjoy every day. Some return home to us, and we are thankful. Some return to us with their life as we know life, at an end. In honoring Felix Longoria and what he did for us, we honor those like him.

If there was ever a time we should all band together and be thankful for our nation, the one Felix fought for, it is now. Conflict and war are prevalent around our world to the point it does not seem possible.

In gathering here today, let us stand shoulder to shoulder; give thanks for our great nation and firmly resolve to remember and be grateful for those who died for the Country we many times take for granted. To Felix and all our fallen soldiers, you have done your duty.' In my mind, three veterans stood out that day, Felix Longoria, Olivia Parker and Tom Kennedy. I also remembered Adela Cerra, daughter of Pvt. Felix Longoria who unveiled the historical marker to honor her father on April 17, 2010, and Sara Posas, sister to Beatrice Longoria, (the deceased wife of Felix Longoria,) who read the inscription in 2010. I truly feel as Mayor Garcia emphasized, this new location (approved by the Longoria family) is located at the city square, under the illuminated United States Flag and across a bench where people are welcome to come and sit and visit. I want to add what I wrote on April 2010, 'Both Tom Kennedy and Felix Longoria had things in common.

Both fought in World War II; both married Texas women; both had a younger daughter and both showed an unusual degree of consideration towards others. In my opinion, I feel both Tom Kennedy (owner of the funeral home) and Felix Longoria were good family men and husbands who loved their wives and whose daughters, Adela and Susan were the love of their lives. The two wreaths (in 2010) bearing their names reflect their patriotism, and I hope we will continue to honor that.' Felix Longoria Texas Historical Marker is the property of the State of Texas.) Adios! November 7th, 1835 -- The Consultation takes a step toward the Texas Declaration of Independence On this day in 1835, at San Felipe, the Consultation adopted the Declaration of November 7, 1835, a statement of causes for taking up arms against Mexico preliminary to the Texas Declaration of Independence. The document declared that the Texans had taken up arms in defense of their rights and liberties and the republican principles of the Mexican Constitution of 1824. Among other assertions, the declaration stated that Texas was no longer bound by the compact of union, that Texans would not cease to carry on war against the Centralist troops in Texas, that the Texans had the right to establish an independent government, and that Texas would reward with lands and citizenship those who volunteered their services to her in the struggle.

Copyright © 2015 Texas State Historical Association. The Honorable Judge Dario Rigoberto Garcia, Sr., 95, died at his home in McAllen, Texas on July 23, 2015. Irma Saldana and I wrote separate tributes that were incorporated into one article to honor our beloved relative. Judge Dario lived such an interesting life and he deserves to be recognized for his accomplishments. He played semi-pro baseball before he got involved with his community that included an elective office.

After the Judge retired and his eye sight was failing he decided to pursue his passions in family research and performing marriages. Genealogy is what brought us together twice in 2010.

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