Bill Text: TX SR245 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing February 28, 2023, as VIVA San Antonio Day.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-02-28 - Reported enrolled [SR245 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR245-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, VIVA San Antonio Day is taking place at the State | ||
Capitol on February 28, 2023, and this occasion provides a | ||
welcome opportunity to honor San Antonio residents for the | ||
important contributions they are making to the Lone Star | ||
State; and | ||
WHEREAS, The history of San Antonio can be traced back to | ||
1691, when a group of Spanish explorers and missionaries came | ||
upon a river and named it San Antonio, in honor of Saint Anthony, | ||
whose feast day was being celebrated; and | ||
WHEREAS, The city was founded in 1718 by Father Antonio | ||
Olivares; he established Mission San Antonio de Valero, which | ||
would become etched in the annals of history in 1836 as the Alamo, | ||
the site where 189 brave defenders held the mission for 13 days | ||
against an army of some 4,000 Mexican soldiers; the cry "Remember | ||
the Alamo" became the rallying point of the Texas Revolution; | ||
today, the Alamo is a shrine and museum and is widely recognized | ||
as the cradle of Texas liberty; and | ||
WHEREAS, San Antonio was formally incorporated in 1837, | ||
when the fledgling Republic of Texas granted the city a charter; | ||
the community retains its sense of history and tradition while | ||
carefully blending in cosmopolitan progress; it continues to | ||
serve as a crossroads and a meeting place, where the rich | ||
cultural influences of Native Americans, Old Mexico, German | ||
immigrants, the Wild West, African Americans, and the Deep South | ||
mingle and merge; and | ||
WHEREAS, Known as Military City USA, San Antonio has a | ||
proud military heritage, and great figures like Pershing, | ||
Stilwell, Krueger, LeMay, Chennault, and Eisenhower served at | ||
San Antonio military installations; today, the armed forces | ||
facilities in the city include Fort Sam Houston, the headquarters | ||
for the U.S. Army North and U.S. Army South, and Joint Base San | ||
Antonio-Randolph, the home of the Air Education and Training | ||
Command, the Air Force Recruiting Service, the Air Force | ||
Personnel Center, and the Air Force Installation and Mission | ||
Support Center; in addition, the city is the site of Joint Base | ||
San Antonio-Lackland, the largest training wing in the United | ||
States Air Force, which instructs all incoming airmen in basic | ||
military training, along with vital National Guard and Air Force | ||
Reserve missions; and | ||
WHEREAS, The San Antonio Market is home to several | ||
distinguished medical institutions, including Brooke Army | ||
Medical Center, which houses the only Level I Trauma Center in | ||
the Military Health System and the Center for the Intrepid, a | ||
world-renowned rehabilitation facility; and | ||
WHEREAS, Recent years have brought remarkable economic | ||
development to San Antonio as its skilled workforce, excellent | ||
institutions of public and higher education, and high quality of | ||
life have attracted important corporate businesses and | ||
industries to the city; and | ||
WHEREAS, The city's chambers of commerce serve as leading | ||
advocates for the business community and are dedicated to | ||
building and sustaining San Antonio's diverse and prosperous | ||
economy, particularly in the major local industries of health | ||
care, manufacturing, aerospace, and information technology; and | ||
WHEREAS, San Antonio has one of the largest concentrations | ||
of cybersecurity professionals in the United States, with a | ||
diverse workforce and globally competitive cybersecurity | ||
ecosystem that is strategically organized through CyberSecurity | ||
San Antonio; and | ||
WHEREAS, Many people delight in visiting San Antonio each | ||
year; in addition to the Alamo, highlights include La Villita, | ||
San Fernando Cathedral, the San Antonio Mission Trails, and the | ||
famed Paseo del Rio, also known as The River Walk; among the other | ||
attractions that make San Antonio one of the top tourist | ||
destinations in the country are SeaWorld San Antonio and the Six | ||
Flags Fiesta Texas theme park, as well as the PGA Tour Valero | ||
Texas Open, the Alamo Bowl, and the five-time world champion San | ||
Antonio Spurs; and | ||
WHEREAS, A highlight of the city's robust event calendar is | ||
the annual Fiesta San Antonio; first held more than 130 years | ||
ago, the event was founded by a group of women who decorated | ||
horse-drawn carriages for a parade in front of the Alamo and | ||
battled with flower blossoms instead of bullets to honor the | ||
heroes of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto; and | ||
WHEREAS, A city of great historical, cultural, and | ||
economic importance, San Antonio is one of the treasures of the | ||
Lone Star State, and its citizens may indeed take great pride in | ||
the place they call home; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, hereby recognize February 28, 2023, as VIVA San | ||
Antonio Day at the State Capitol and extend to the city's | ||
residents sincere best wishes for the future. | ||
Menéndez, Campbell | ||
Gutierrez, Zaffirini | ||
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Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on February 28, 2023. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate |