Approaching the end of this year, we are all faced with a common uncertainty and some hardships. These times render lots of time to be in a pensive way. As we designed the 2022 Calendar, I pondered photos of calendars past. Looking upon our May 2020 photo, I considered the air that surrounded the near community of this bullet-riddled adobe structure. This environment was not conducive for family outings and children playing in the street, but the lone young tree surrounded by salvaged building materials offers hope for a new beginning.

Flip the page one month ahead to June 2020, and the reality of la Revolución is caught on this image taken by W.W. Horne. Displaced families left their homes to leave behind the terror and difficult times. With hope for a better, safer life they traveled on wagon and mule to start over in the USA.

These same people settled throughout California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. They settled most in regions with close proximity to the border. I see these images as a valuable picture of la Revolución. They bring light to the effects of the fighting and the sacrifice of entire families to see change.

When choosing photos for our calendar, there are a range of subjects to choose from, just as there were a range of experience in la Revolución. There were the guns, bullets, and fighting experienced by soldiers as well as the experiences of non-combatants: families living on canon-damaged streets and families who were displaced by the violence. Sure, la Revolución had many images taken by brave photographers that feature guns and bullets, but la Revolución was more than just this. The Mexican Heritage Collectors Calendar is a small window of la Revolución and how it affected the people of Mexico, revolutionaries and citizens alike.

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