Bill Text: TX SR245 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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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-Introduced.html
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-Introduced.html
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| By: Menéndez, et al. | S.R. No. 245 | |
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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 88th Texas 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. | ||
