Garden City hosts large Community Mexican Fiesta parade and Queen crowning
Hundreds gathered on Main Street for Garden City’s Community Mexican Fiesta with a parade featuring decorated floats color guard bands from several nations, vendors selling sombreros and flags, and a Fiesta Queen Pageant at Garden City Community College. Gabriela Armendariz, crowned Fiesta Queen, spoke of being a role model while planning to study engineering at Kansas State University. the event celebrated Mexico’s heritage and local cultural diversity amid 9/11 anniversary tributes on floats.
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Remembering 9/11 A Nation Remembers Ten Years On
Ten years after the attacks, survivors and relatives gathered at memorial sites in New York Shanksville and the Pentagon. Barack Obama and George W. Bush paid tribute to the victims and the 9/11 generation while families touched names and laid flowers. Defense Secretary Panetta and Vice President Biden spoke of sacrifice and resilience as the nation honors the fallen.
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Memorial plaza opens for 9/11 families in NYC
A 9/11 memorial plaza opens to families on the 10th anniversary, with visitors able to leave flowers for Nasima H. Simjee and others. The site allows 1,500 at a time, requires passes, metal detectors, and X-ray scans amid ongoing construction and a $700 million memorial budget.
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Neighbors celebrate Fiesta leader Castillo in Garden City
Castillo, a longtime advocate and internal auditor for Golden Plains, headlines Garden City’s Community Mexican Fiesta. She recalls shyly avoiding the pageant yet now champions scholarships for local girls and community volunteers sustain the festival each September with music, family, and heritage.
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