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 | ||
| ____________________________________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate | ||
| ____________________________________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on February 28, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
