“Late one afternoon when returning from town we were met by a few women and children who told us that Mexican troops from some other town had attacked our camp, killed all the warriors of the guard, captured all our ponies, secured our arms, destroyed our supplies, and killed many of our women and children.. when all were counted, I found that my aged mother, my young wife, and my three small children were among the slain.” ChildrenYoungMotherThreeFoundWifeArmsMetsLateTownsDestroyedWarriorCampsAfternoonTroopsMexicanCapturedSuppliesSecuredSmall ChildPoniesApachesYoung Wife Book:Geronimo's Story of His Life: As Told to S. M. Barrett Source: Geronimo's Story of His Life: As Told to S. M. Barrett
“I spent two months in a jail once. In a Mexican border town.” TwoMonthsTownsBordersJailMexicanTwo MonthsMexican Border Author:Dean Ambrose
“I lived in Chicago, in a shady part of town, and the cops would always stop me since I'm Mexican and I look like the other dudes. Style played a part in it. You're not really going to dress in a suit in a tie.” LooksStyleTownsDressesSuitsTiesChicagoCopMexicanShady Author:Michael Pena
“You grow up real quick, a half-Mexican in a sailor's suit, because I'd be riding the streetcar to school everyday - minding my own business, humming out a 'Frere Jacques' - and I realized that in any other town, this might be considered cute. But you know what it is in San Francisco? Sexy.” KnowsRealMightSchoolGrowsMy OwnHalfGrowing UpTownsEverydaySexyI RealizedSuitsCuteRidingMexicanSan FranciscoSailorOwn BusinessHummingMinding My Own Business Author:Al Madrigal
“I live in a town that's two and a half hours from the border. I know people who have lived in San Antonio for generations, sometimes seven generations, their families are from there, and they are of Mexican descent, and they've never gone farther than the border.” PeopleKnowsTwoSometimesHoursHalfGoneGenerationsTownsSevenBordersMexicanDescentHalf HoursAntonioSan Antonio Author:Sandra Cisneros
“Growing up, my Mexican town of Monterrey was so safe, we wouldn't lock our cars or our front doors, and that is gone.” GoneGrowing UpGrowingDoorsCarFrontsSafeTownsLocksMexicanFront Doors Author:Andrea Suarez Paz
“Actually this is really funny - one time she accidentally forgot to leave a note and I had no idea she had even moved. I was living in the house with a beautiful Mexican family for three months before I realized they weren't my cousins visiting from out of town. They were so nice. They called me "Quien es, quien es," which I thought was a beautiful name.” IdeasBeautifulThreeHouseNamesNiceMonthsTownsMovedNotesI RealizedNo IdeaOne TimeCousinMexicanVisitingThree MonthsMy Cousin Author:Ellen DeGeneres