BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9902f300-0d5a-4787-8d20-83d4cbb76924.186081@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20180226T224159Z LAST-MODIFIED:20180226T224159Z LOCATION:To Be Determined SUMMARY:Independence Day (El Día de Independencia) DESCRIPTION:On September 16\, 1810\, in the small town of Dolores\, in the province of Guanajuato in Mexico\, a handful of people were summoned by a parish priest to take up arms against the Spanish colonial government. This began the fight for independence that ended 350 years of Spanish rul e. To this day\, the church bell that was used to call people to revolt h angs in the National Palace in Mexico City and is rung on the eve of Sept ember 16 by the President.\n\n\nRecognizing the Festival/Holiday: Celebra ted by people of Mexican origin throughout the world and in such places i n the United States as East Los Angeles\, Austin\, and El Paso\, this is a day when Mexican Americans often hang Mexican flags at their homes. In addition to parades and fairs\, the day's festivities always involve trad itional antojitos\, most aptly described as a variety of finger foods\, M exican candies\, and punch. Punch\, ponche\, is a drink made of fruits th at are in season: guayabas\, sugarcane\, raisins\, and apples. The music of mariachi bands is also common.\n\n\nThis calendar listing is intended to provide information about the named cultural/religious observation and is not intended as an actual campus event. If a campus event is associat ed with this observance\, it will be listed separately on the master cale ndar. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
On September 16\, 1810\, in the small town of Dolores\, in the province of Guanajuato in Mexico\, a handful of people were summoned by a parish prie st to take up arms against the Spanish colonial government. This began th e fight for independence that ended 350 years of Spanish rule. To this da y\, the church bell that was used to call people to revolt hangs in the N ational Palace in Mexico City and is rung on the eve of September 16 by t he President.
\nRecognizing the Festival/Holiday: Celebrated by peo ple of Mexican origin throughout the world and in such places in the Unit ed States as East Los Angeles\, Austin\, and El Paso\, this is a day when Mexican Americans often hang Mexican flags at their homes. In addition t o parades and fairs\, the day's festivities always involve traditional an tojitos\, most aptly described as a variety of finger foods\, Mexican can dies\, and punch. Punch\, ponche\, is a drink made of fruits that are in season: guayabas\, sugarcane\, raisins\, and apples. The music of mariach i bands is also common.
\nThis calendar listing is intended t o provide information about the named cultural/religious observation and is not intended as an actual campus event. If a campus event is associate d with this observance\, it will be listed separately on the master calen dar.
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180916 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180917 SEQUENCE:0 URL: CATEGORIES:Public,Current Students,Faculty,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR