Hispanic Week Launch event at the Ferguson Library in 1987

Hispanic Week Launch event at the Ferguson Library in 1987

Video recording of the launch event for the inaugural Hispanic Week in Stamford, Connecticut. The event was hosted by Galdino Velasco and held at the auditorium of the main branch of The Ferguson Library on September 13, 1987. Israel Cortes was awarded the first Stamford Hispanic Man of the Year award. Isela Williams received a scholarship from Tacos Guadalajara presented by Galdino Velasco and his son.
Notable people present were: Thom Serrani, Stamford Mayor; Richard Blumenthal, State Representative for Stamford, Daniel Guido, newly elected Chief of Police; and Christel Truglia, widow of the late State Senator Anthony Truglia.

Hispanic Heritage Organization

Hispanic United Organization

The Ferguson Library

1987-09-13

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video/mp4

Spanish

English

FL.fergusonlibrary.001

Stamford (Conn.)

Twentieth century

VHS recording
Digitized to uncompressed AVI and then converted and compressed to MP4

00:59:24

MPEG-4