National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed in the United States September 15 through October 15, 2016. Read President Obama’s official presidential proclamation of Hispanic Heritage Month<\/a>, in which he urges us to “reflect on the countless ways in which Hispanics have contributed to our Nation’s success, and let us reaffirm our commitment to expanding opportunity and building an ever brighter future for all.”<\/p>\n View facts, photos, and more about Hispanic Heritage Month at the U.S. government’s official site<\/a>, including special exhibits and collections<\/a>\u00a0from sources such as the Library of Congress, the National Park Service, and the National Gallery of Art.<\/p>\n The U.S. Department of Defense honors the\u00a0many Hispanics who serve in the military<\/a>\u00a0through a special report with profiles\u00a0on leading\u00a0service members in uniform.<\/p>\n According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Hispanic population in the U.S. numbered\u00a056.6 million on July 1, 2015. By the year 2060, the projected population will be 119 million. \u00a0See more statistics about the Hispanic population in the Census Bureau’s Facts for Features list for Hispanic Heritage Month<\/a>.<\/p>\n National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed in the United States September 15 through October 15, 2016. Read President Obama’s official presidential proclamation of Hispanic Heritage Month, in which he urges us to “reflect on the countless ways in which Hispanics have contributed to our Nation’s success, and let us reaffirm our commitment to expanding opportunity […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government-documents","category-odum-library","category-reference"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4636"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4638,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4636\/revisions\/4638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"