Liberty Elementary School students and faculty clapped and moved to the beat of conga drums and maracas Friday during a lively program celebrating Spanish Heritage Month. The national observance is held Sept. 15-Oct. 15.The month-long observance grew out of Hispanic Heritage Week, which began in 1968 under President Lyndon Johnson, according to the national Hispanic Heritage Month website. The original seven-day period was expanded to its present 30 days by President Ronald Reagan 25 years ago and was enacted into law Aug.17, 1988, according to hispanicheritagemonth.gov.Parapro Yazmin Gonzalez asked Puerto Rican band Tradicion Boricua and traditional Latin folk dancer Mariangeli Altiery to perform with her in front of Liberty Elementary School students and teachers last week.