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Arizona Historical Society

16 Sep, 4 tweets, 3 min read

Today commemorates 200 years of Mexican Independence. Arizonans have celebrated #MexicanIndependenceDay since 1821, throwing large parades and parties called "Fiestas Patrias". 1/

This is a photograph from 1920 of the Mexican Independence Day queen and her court riding on a float during a parade in #Tucson.

📷: 69791, Mexican Heritage Project
azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collec…

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Read more about Mexican Independence Day on our blog. #HispanicHeritageMonth

arizonahistoricalsociety.org/2021/09/16/his…

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To learn more about "Fiestas Patrias" for #MexicanIndependenceDay and beyond, check out Heather Hatch’s 1994 article in the #JournalOfArizonaHistory “Fiestas Patrias and Uncle Sam: A Photographic Glimpse of Arizona Patriotism” (Vol 35, No 4).

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For nearly a century, baseball has been a crucial social and cultural force in Latina/o communities across the United States. And, for just as long, Latino/a players have had a huge impact on the game. ⚾️ #NuestroBaseball

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Explore a few baseball photos from the @AZHistSociety Mexican Heritage Project collection. Follow #NuestroBaseball to discover more photographs and artifacts.

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This is a photograph of the Elysian Grove Baseball Team, circa 1916. The team's pitcher, Manuel del Moral, is pictured standing 4th from the left. #NuestroBaseball

📷: 78293, Mexican Heritage Project
azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collec…

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26 Jan

Increasingly, my research and teaching has revolved around this image. How can we understand and explain not only how climate change works, but also why so much CO2 etc concentrates in the northern hemisphere? The first question is for scientists, the second is for historians 2/

So many historians and scientists are doing great work on climate change, but a few years back I was blown away to learn that around 1/4 of human greenhouse emissions come from the food system. I wanted to understand the history behind that huge number, and here I am. 3/

(Ok, now that the driveway's cleared, back to it!)

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