hispanic heritage

Presents

We’re here to Celebrate the Hispanic Heritage within our TD Bank Family!

• Please sit back, relax, and enjoy this presentation about some

of our own!

First, Lets take a look at some of the beautiful countries from which the term Hispanic Heritage is derived.

Argentina

El Salvador

Uruguay

Ecuador

Peru

Nicaraqua

Panama

Honduras

Belize

Bolivia

Mexico

Spain

Brazil

Costa Rica

Colombia

Venezuela

Puerto Rico

THROUGHOUT AMERICAN

HISTORY THE MEDAL OF

HONOR HAS BEEN AWARDED

38 TIMES TO AMERICANS OF

HISPANIC HERITAGE

Hispanic American Accomplishments

MORE THAN 88,000 HISPANIC AMERICANS SERVE IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES

DURING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR SEVERAL HISPANICS SERVED WITH THEODORE ROOSEVELT’S “ROUGH RIDERS”

General RICHARD E. CAVAZOS (Retired), U.S. ArmyFirst Hispanic Four Star General in the U.S.Army

APPROXIMATELY 80,000 HISPANICS SERVED IN THE VIETNAM WAR THEATER OF OPERATIONS AND 13 WON THE MEDAL OF HONOR

Ellen Ochoa, The first Hispanic female

Astronaut

APPROXIMATELY 250,000-500,000 HISPANICS SERVED DURING WWII

Dr. Lauro Cavazos was appointed Secretary of Education by President Ronald Reagan, the first Hispanic named to the Presidential cabinet in 1988.

Lucrezia Bori Bori, the first Hispanic

opera diva in the United States, made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in

New York City in 1912.

Nilo Cruz In 2003, Cruz, Cuban-born, was the first Hispanic playwright to win the Pulitzer Prize for his drama, “Anna in the Tropics,” which chronicled the lives of Cuban-Americans working in a 1920s cigar factory.

Cesar Pelli Pelli, an Argentine-American, was the first U.S. Hispanic to be named to the American Institute of Architects 10 Most Influential Living Architects.

José Salas At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Salas became the first Hispanic named to the U.S. Olympic team. He was a boxer.

Hispanic Cultural Influence

Musica

Deportes

T.V. AND MOVIES

Dance

And best of all the FOOD!!!

Please enjoy this “Taste of Hispania” provided by your local USTS Diversity

Committee members

THANK YOU FOR HELPING US TO CELEBRATE “HISPANIC HERITAGE”!

WE APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION AND WE APPRECIATE YOU!

USTS Diversity Committee