Photo by Staff Sgt. Melisa Washington | Texas Army National Guard (Texas Military Forces) | 02.20.2016
Dignitaries from Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas gathered on the Lincoln-Juarez International Bridge for the International Bridge Ceremony Feb. 20, 2016. The ceremony celebrates the bond between the United States and Mexico. The staple of the ceremony, the "abrazo" or embrace, is led by two children representing Mexico and two children representing the United States, affectionately......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Melisa Washington | Texas Army National Guard (Texas Military Forces) | 02.20.2016
Dignitaries from Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, gathered on the Lincoln-Juarez International Bridge for the International Bridge Ceremony Feb. 20, 2016. The ceremony celebrates the bond between the United States and Mexico. The staple of the ceremony, the "abrazo," or embrace, is led by four children representing Mexico and the United States, affectionately know as the "abrazo......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Melisa Washington | Texas Army National Guard (Texas Military Forces) | 02.20.2016
Dignitaries from Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, gathered on the Lincoln-Juarez International Bridge for the International Bridge Ceremony Feb. 20, 2016. The ceremony celebrates the bond between the United States and Mexico. The staple of the ceremony, the "abrazo," or embrace, is led by four children representing Mexico and the United States, affectionately know as the "abrazo......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Melisa Washington | Texas Army National Guard (Texas Military Forces) | 02.20.2016
Dignitaries from Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, gathered on Feb. 20, 2016, on the Lincoln-Juarez International Bridge to exhange "abrazos," or embraces for the International Bridge Ceremony. The ceremony celebrates the bond between the United States and Mexico. Former Texas Guardsman and Laredo native, Mario Alvarado Sr. has provided sound support for the bridge ceremony for over......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Melisa Washington | Texas Army National Guard (Texas Military Forces) | 02.20.2016
Dignitaries from Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, gathered on the Lincoln-Juarez International Bridge for the International Bridge Ceremony Feb. 20, 2016. The ceremony celebrates the bond between the United States and Mexico. The staple of the ceremony, the "abrazo," or embrace, is led by four children representing Mexico and the United States, affectionately know as the "abrazo......
Photo by Sgt. Michael Vanpool | 36th Infantry Division (TXARNG) | 02.21.2015
Isela Flores, a senior at Martin High School in Laredo, Texas, holds the Texas state flag at parade rest during the International Bridge Ceremony in Laredo, Texas, Feb. 21. The ceremony commemorates the bonds between the United States and Mexico and features a series of abrazos, or embraces, between representatives of the two countries in the center of the bridge. (U.S. Army National Guard......
Photo by Sgt. Michael Vanpool | 36th Infantry Division (TXARNG) | 02.21.2015
John Roman Galo and Valeria Lucia Montemayor wait for their cue at the International Bridge ceremony on the Lincoln-Juarez Bridge in Laredo, Texas, Feb. 21. Galo and Montemayor were the United States' Abrazo Children for this year, and began the ceremony by abrazando, or embracing two children from Mexico. The ceremony commemorates the bonds between the United States and Mexico and features a......
Photo by Sgt. Michael Vanpool | 36th Infantry Division (TXARNG) | 02.21.2015
Brig. Gen. Orlando Salinas, the deputy assistant adjutant general for the Texas Army National Guard, speak with Mexican General de Brigada Georges Andre Van Lissum Foullon following their abrazo at the Lincoln-Juarez Bridge during the International Bridge Ceremony, Feb. 21. The ceremony commemorates the bonds between the United States and Mexico and features a series of abrazos, or embraces,......
