TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The city of Tucson is celebrating over 250 years of the Old Pueblo.
August 23 marks 250 years since the founding of Presidio San Augustin Del Tucson, but Rio Nuevo kicked the celebration off about a month early, partnering with the city, county, and multiple cultural and historical museums to unveil four new murals downtown.
The works are designed and created by Tucson locals Pen Macias, Ignacio Garcia, Joe Pagac and Camilia Ibarra. Each one celebrates the cultural and linguistic history of the city covering everything from modern downtown— Macias’s work included Pagac’s recent cactus mural— to hundreds of years ago…