César E. Chávez, a Civil Rights, Latino and Labor Leader, will soon be honored by the creation of the César E. Chávez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park.
The Senate unanimously passed legislation by U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) on Thursday to memorialize and preserve nationally significant sites related to César E. Chávez and the farm worker movement in California and Arizona. Representative Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.) is leading companion legislation in the House of Representatives.
Specifically, this legislation would:
- Create the César E. Chávez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical Park, which would include the César E. Chávez National Monument and La Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz, in Keene, California.
- Include the following sites in the Historical Park upon agreement from site owners: Forty Acres in Delano, California; the Santa Rita Center in Phoenix, Arizona; and McDonnell Hall in San Jose, California.
- Conduct a National Historic Trail Study for the “Farmworker Peregrinacion National Historic Trail,” the 300-mile march route taken by farm workers between Delano and Sacramento in 1966.