American hispanic HERITAGE month

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observances

PHOTO GALLERY

Senior Airman Jamela Shannon, 96th Medical Group, holds up the American flag during the flag-folding portion of a base retreat ceremony March 30, 2017, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The formation and flag detail were comprised of women in honor of Women’s History Month. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.) Lt. Gen. Stayce Harris, assistant vice chief of staff and director, Air Staff, speaks at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Observance in the Pentagon Auditorium, Washington, D.C. Jan 25, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo/Andy Morataya) Army Maj. Gen. Marcia M. Anderson, the Army's first female African-American two-star general, speaks about the contributions of African-American women in the military during an event at the Pentagon, Feb. 25, 2014. Army photo by Lisa Ferdinando Oscar Lawton “Wilk” Wilkerson, native Chicagoan and Tuskegee Airman, gives remarks during the 85th Support Command’s African American/Black History Month observance held at its headquarters, Feb. 7. During the observance, Wilkerson discussed his experiences in the service and held a questions and answers portion with the soldiers there. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Aaron Berogan/Released)
Benny Pitsinger, Huntsville Center Engineering Directorate, plays a song he wrote for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Day Celebration called "The Hyphenated American." Employees attended the Jan. 22 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Celebration at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, to honor King as an activist, humanitarian and leader of the Civil Rights Movement. Huntsville Center celebrated, “Weaving Diversity into the Fabric of America: We All Have a Place Beneath the Stars!,” which highlighted a multitude of cultures including European, Hispanic, Indian/Native, African and Asian Pacific American.