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Dancers from The Mambo Room Latin Dance Studio perform the Bachata during the 93d Signal Brigade’s Hispanic Heritage Month event in the Wylie Theater at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Sept. 22, 2016. The observance began in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and expanded to 31 days by President Ronald Regan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II) JBLE celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month
To celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, the 93rd Signal Brigade hosted an observance at Wylie Theater on Sept. 22, 2016, here. According to the Library of Congress, NHHM was initially observed as National Hispanic Heritage Week in September 1968. The commemorative week included September 15 and 16, and also celebrated the independence anniversaries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
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