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One of the regions included in The Southwest Border is Texas. While I was doing my research I found an interesting holiday that Texans celebrate. Juneteenth, also known as Juneteenth Independence Day or Freedom Day is a holiday that commemorates the announcement of the abolition of salvery in Texas in June 1865. More importantly the emancipation of African American slaves throughout the Confederate State. Another important holiday that I researched was Texas Independence Day. It celebrates the adoption of the states independence declaration. It is an annual legal holiday in Texas, celebrations are held in many cities and towns throughout the state. Some activities are re-enactments, band, music, and chili cook-offs. Story telling sessions about how Texas won it's independence from Mexico and how it became a republic during the 19th century.
 * HOLIDAYS**


 * MUSIC**

Country music is one of the main music genres places like Texas, California, Arizona, and New Mexico listen to. Distinctive regional characteristics developed in this transplanted music. In Texas blues, jazz, and Gospel are very popular, some southerners who settled in Texas bought their slaves with them. African Americans would sing as they worked long, hot hours on farms and plantations. It became a part of the larger culture. Black musicians would sometimes play for whites who listened or danced. The minstrel show, consisting of musical and comedy numbers, became very poplar after the Civil War.

=**Food**= If you were to visit the Southwest Border you may want to prepare your taste buds for some of the greatest rivalries in American cuisine. Which consists of spicy flavorful ingredients that are greatly influenced from the Mexican culture with an American twist. There are many different varieties of food to choose from different cultures in the Southwest Border. for example there is McDonalds which is more American as well as Jack in the box, Panda express which would be more Asian cuisine, Popeye's which is Southern food, but the main course would mostly consists of Mexican cuisine. The basic meal centers around flavorful meat which is carne asada ( slow cooked marinated steak ), carnitas ( fried pork ), with a side dish of rice, beans, tortillas, pico de gallo which is diced tomatoes, chopped up onions, and cilantro.

=**Big City**= Dallas is a major city in Texas it is the ninth largest city and part of the fourth largest metropolitan area in the nation. If you were to visit this city you'll enjoy some of the best shopping in the southwest border. Dallas is accustomed to mild weather, four and five star hotels and a thriving tourists attraction. Dallas is home to five professional sport teams such as the Dallas Cowboys (NFL), Dallas Stars (NHL), Dallas Mavericks (NBA), FC Dallas (NLS), and Texas Rangers (MLB). Upon entering Dallas you will meet the 52 Foot "Big Tex" which is a statue the greets visitors at the annual state fair in Dallas, Texas it is the tallest cowboy in Texas.


 * ARIZONA**

The Grand Canyon is the second largest canyon in the world. The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona. It is contained within and managed by Grand Canyon National Park, the Hualapai Tribal Nation, and the Havasupai Tribe. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of preservation of the Grand Canyon area, and visited it on numerous occasions to hunt and enjoy the scenery. It is considered one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. === The Grand Canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, up to 18 miles (29 km) wide and attains a depth of over a mile (6,000 feet / 1,800 metres) Nearly two billion years of the Earth's geological history has been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted. While the specific geologic processes and timing that formed the Grand Canyon are the subject of debate by geologists, recent evidence suggests the Colorado River established its course through the canyon at least 17 million years ago. Since that time, the Colorado River continued to erode and form the canyon to its present-day configuration. === === For thousands of years, the area has been continuously inhabited by Native Americans who built settlements within the canyon and its many caves. The Pueblo people considered the Grand Canyon ("Ongtupqa" in Hopi language) a holy site and made pilgrimages to it. ===

Gelato in Arizona! Gelato has roots that stretch back thousands of years. The earliest frozen desserts on record can be found in Asian cultures where crushed ice mixed with flavorings was a refreshing beverage, to the ancient Egyptian pharaohs offering a cup of ice flavored with fruit juices to their guests. Frozen desserts first came to Italy in the Roman tradition of eating ice gathered from the volcanoes of Etna and Vesuvius that was covered in mellifluous honey. []