A People’s History of the Inland Empire Digital Archive

2008 Calendar Page 25, Month of December

2021.001.025

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A calendar page for December 2008 with the holidays of Christmas and Chanukah. An advertisement for Enrique Martinez, a State Farm agent, is in the lower right-hand corner. December is written in both Spanish (Diciembre) and English. There is an inscription on the bottom by the Gilbert Vasquez family memorializing the death of Cpl. Dario G. Vasquez served in the US Military in the 6th army infantry in North Africa. The calendar text reads "In loving memory of Capt. Dario G. Vasquez (12/19/1919 to 4/2/1943) served in the U.S. Army Co. "C" 6th Army Inf. in North Africa. With love, the Gilbert Vasquez Family."

Calendar

Mexican-American Military service

World War II

US Military

Commemoration

Mexican/Mexican American Owned Business

Cultural Celebrations

Riverside (Calif.)
Inland Empire (Calif.)
North Africa

20th Century

Linda Salinas-Thompson, Rudy Diaz, Bernasconi Graphic Design

2008; 1943

Riverside County Mexican American Historical Society (RCMAHS)

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English; Spanish