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 Spc. Praxedis Pineda | Texas Military Department | 02.19.2011
A George Washington portrayer hold a small Mexican flag to represent the unity of not only the twin sister cities of Laredo and Nuevo Laredo, but The United States and Mexico themselves in All I Want for Christmas Is New Year's Day. The representation is part of a traditional ceremony held during the George Washington's Birthday Celebration in Laredo. (Photo/100th Mobile Public Affairs......
Photo by Spc. Praxedis Pineda | Texas Military Department | 02.19.2011
George Washington, portrayed by Francis Averill Jr., gives an "abrazo," or hug, to a representative potraying Father Miguel Hidalgo, the father of Mexican Independence in Laredo, Texas, Feb. 19. The abrazo is part of a traditional International Bridge Ceremony literally held on the bridge that unites the twin cities of Laredo and Nuevo Laredo. (Photo/100th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment,......
Photo by Spc. Praxedis Pineda | Texas Military Department | 02.19.2011
Joseph R Straus, speaker of the Texas House of Representatives trades a small flag with Monica Gonzales Garcia, representative of the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, in Laredo, Texas, Feb. 19. The flag exchange is part of a traditional International Bridge Ceremony literally held on the bridge that unites the twin cities of Laredo and Nuevo Laredo. (Photo/100th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment,......
