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is a time to honor the brave men and women who gave their lives in service to the United States. Among them are countless Mexican Americans who answered the call to serve, fighting with courage and sacrifice in every major U.S. conflict, from the nation's founding to the present day.

Despite often facing discrimination at home, Mexican American servicemembers have defended the ideals of freedom and democracy abroad with extraordinary valor. Many earned the nation’s highest military honors, while far too many never returned home to their families and communities.

Today, we remember and honor those fallen heroes and all military families carrying their legacy forward. Their service is an enduring part of the American story.

What would you do with 904 books? Most of us would need a bigger house. This boy, at seven years old, decided to give them away. He built a library so other children could have access to the stories that shaped him into the world's youngest motivational speaker.

It all started with reading at two, speaking at three, and a heart big enough to want every kid to feel the same magic he found in books. This is one of those stories that stays with you.

Read more: https://magazine.1000libraries.com/meet-the-worlds-youngest-motivational-speaker-who-collected-904-books-by-age-7/

Por qué los libros prolongan nuestras vidas por Umberto Eco

El libro es un seguro de vida, una pequeña anticipación de inmortalidad.

Hacia atrás (¡ay!) más que hacia adelante. Pero no se puede tener todo y al instante.
universoabierto.org/2022/08/17/por…

Un día como hoy, en 1917, nació Juan Rulfo.
Con apenas unos pocos libros, cambió para siempre la literatura en español.
Pedro Páramo y El llano en llamas bastaron para volver inmortal su voz.
El mexicano eterno que le dio voz a la tierra, al polvo y a la memoria. 🇲🇽

"Uno ha creído a veces, en medio de este camino sin orillas, que nada habría después; que no se podría encontrar nada al otro lado, al final de esta llanura rajada de grietas y de arroyos secos. Pero sí, hay algo".
"Nos han dado la tierra", Juan Rulfo

Read to me so I learn...
Teach me to read...
And I'll live happily ever after.

Adhara Pérez Sánchez, a teenager from Mexico City diagnosed with autism at age 3, finished elementary school at 5 and high school by 9. She enrolled at Mexico's National Polytechnic Institute, scored 162 on an IQ test, and has earned degrees in systems and industrial engineering. She now serves as a STEM ambassador for the Mexican Space Agency, with a long term goal of studying astrophysics and joining NASA missions to Mars.