Honoring Our Seniors For Hispanic Heritage Month
October 3, 2023All month long, we are paying tribute to all members of the Hispanic community as part of Hispanic Heritage Month. I have been blessed to recognize our senior citizens in Waterbury over the past couple of weeks.
We gathered for a celebration of matriarchs and powerful leaders, who were the pioneering backbones of Latin families in Waterbury. We remembered my late grandmother, Cecilia Bones and the grandmother of my children, my mother, Mrs. Ada Hilda Casiano Reyes at the Afro Caribbean Cultural Center on Grand Street.
Grandmothers hold the power in so many Latin families. God bless all of you!
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A few days later, we celebrated Latin culture, music, and food at La Casa Bienvenida, which translates to the welcome house. Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Colombians, and many other Hispanic people celebrated our roots in song and dance. It was an amazing afternoon filled with joy and laughter.