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This past Saturday, Sep. 16, hundreds of residents from all around Northwest Arkansas gathered at Siloam Springs’ Memorial Park to celebrate the city’s second Hispanic Heritage Festival. The fair saw the presence of a variety of Central American peoples – mostly from El Salvador and Mexico – who recently celebrated 203 years of independence from Spanish rule.
On Saturday, Sept. 17, Siloam Springs celebrated with their own Hispanic Heritage Festival at the Chatauqua Amphitheatre in Memorial Park downtown. Live music, mariachis, hispanic food trucks and folkloric dancers filled the festival. Families and several JBU students came to this event to enjoy the hispanic heritage celebration.