TITLE: Recognizing February 15, 2011, as Viva San Antonio Day at the State Capitol.

SUMMARY: Recognizing February 15, 2011, as Viva San Antonio Day at the State Capitol.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is pleased to recognize February 15, 2011, as Viva San Antonio Day at the State Capitol and welcome the visiting delegation from the Alamo City; 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 St. 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 individuals held the mission for 13 days against an army of some 4,000 Mexican soldiers; and WHEREAS, 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 became formally incorporated in 1837, when the fledgling Republic of Texas granted the city a charter; the city has since retained its sense of history and tradition while carefully blending in cosmopolitan progress; it has served and continues to serve as a crossroads and a meeting place, where the rich sounds and cultural influences of Native Americans, Old Mexico, Germans, the Wild West, African Americans, and the Deep South mingle and merge; and WHEREAS, The city has a proud military heritage; great military figures like Pershing, Stilwell, Krueger, LeMay, Chennault, and Eisenhower served at San Antonio military institutions, including Fort Sam Houston, the headquarters for the Fifth U.S. Army and the home of the U.S. Army Medical Command and the Brooke Army Medical Center; in addition, San Antonio is the site of Lackland Air Force Base, the largest training wing in the U.S. Air Force, and Brooks City-Base, an innovative master-planned research and technology center; and WHEREAS, Recent years have brought remarkable economic development to San Antonio as its skilled workforce, excellent institutions of public and higher education, and quality of life have attracted some important corporate business and industry to the city; and WHEREAS, Millions of visitors a year delight in the discovery of San Antonio; in addition to the Alamo, highlights include La Villita, San Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio Missions Trail, and the famed Paseo del Rio, better known as "The Riverwalk"; 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 four-time world champion San Antonio Spurs; and WHEREAS, In April 2011, the city will once again celebrate Fiesta San Antonio, the biggest 11-day party in the state; first held 120 years ago, the event was founded by a group of ladies 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, San Antonio is truly one of the treasures of the Lone Star State, and Viva San Antonio Day provides a welcome opportunity to honor the city and its many fine residents; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby recognize February 15, 2011, as Viva San Antonio Day at the State Capitol and extend to the members of the visiting delegation best wishes for a memorable visit. McClendon Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr. Allen Gooden Murphy Alonzo Guillen Naishtat Alvarado Gutierrez Nash Anchia Hamilton Oliveira Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto Aycock Harless Parker Beck Harper-Brown Patrick Berman Hartnett Paxton Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena Bonnen Hilderbran Perry Branch Hochberg Phillips Brown Hopson Pickett Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts Burnam Howard of Travis Price Button Huberty Quintanilla Cain Hughes Raymond Callegari Hunter Reynolds Carter Isaac Riddle Castro Jackson Ritter Chisum Johnson Rodriguez Christian Keffer Schwertner Coleman King of Parker Scott Cook King of Taylor Sheets Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons Deshotel Lavender Strama Driver Legler Taylor of Collin Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston Dutton Lozano Thompson Eiland Lucio III Torres Eissler Lyne Truitt Elkins Madden Turner Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey Farrar Margo Villarreal Fletcher Marquez Vo Flynn Martinez Walle Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber Gallego McClendon White Garza Menendez Woolley Geren Miles Workman Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 66 was adopted by the House on February 15, 2011, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House