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Cinco de Mayo
Latin America
U.S. Hispanic population percent change by county, 2000–10
Las Posadas
Migrant children
U.S. Hispanic population by state, 2010
Battle of Tenochtitlán
Mexican-American War: Chapultepec Castle
Pancho Villa
Dorothea Lange: photograph of a Mexican migrant worker
What is National Hispanic Heritage Month?
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