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César E. Chávez National Monument

Coordinates:35°13′38″N118°33′41″W / 35.2273°N 118.5614°W /35.2273; -118.5614
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U.S. National Monument in Keene, Kern County, California

César E. Chávez National Monument
(Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz)
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
César E. Chávez burial site
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LocationKern County,California,USA
Nearest cityBakersfield, CA
Coordinates35°13′38″N118°33′41″W / 35.2273°N 118.5614°W /35.2273; -118.5614
Area116 acres (47 ha)[1]
AuthorizedOctober 8, 2012
Visitors15,472 (in 2017)[2]
Governing bodyNational Park Service
WebsiteCesar E. Chavez National Monument

César E. Chávez National Monument,[3] also known asNuestra Señora Reina de la Paz, is a 116-acre (47 ha)U.S. National Monument inKeene,Kern County,California, located about 32 miles away fromBakersfield, California. The property was the headquarters of theUnited Farm Workers (UFW), and home toCésar Chávez from the early 1970s until his death in 1993. Chávez's gravesite is located in the property's gardens along with that of his wife,Helen Fabela Chávez. Originally developed as a headquarters and worker housing area for a quarry, it served as a tuberculosis sanitarium (known as Stony Brook Sanitorium) in the early 1900s,[3] until its acquisition by the UFW in the early 1970s.

History

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Main entrance to Villa La Paz.

Cesar E. Chavez National Monument was established byPresidentBarack Obama on October 8, 2012, by proclamation under authority of theAntiquities Act. The monument is located among theTehachapi Mountains inKeene, California, about 32 miles (51 km) southeast ofBakersfield. The property is known as Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz (La Paz), which was designated as aNational Historic Landmark along with the monument on October 8, 2012.

Fountain and gardens at César E. Chávez National Monument.

The monument is the 398th unit in the National Park System and is managed collaboratively by the National Park Service and the National Chavez Center. The center and members of the Chávez family donated properties of La Paz to the federal government to establish the national monument. Initial funding was provided by theNational Park Foundation[4] and the America Latino Heritage Fund.[5] Some of the monument's services and programs are still in development, but a visitor center and memorial garden where Chavez is buried are open to the public.[6][7][8][9] Certain areas of the monument are closed to the public due to the Chávez family still living in La Paz, and members of the UFW still working in the UFW offices located on the property.

Proposed inclusion in national historical park

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View of Chávez National Monument, showing its location withinTehachapi Pass.

In October 2013, the National Park Service identified the site as one of several to be part of a proposed newNational Historical Park to commemorate the life and work of Cesar Chávez and thefarm worker movement.[10] Other sites for the proposed new park include the Filipino Community Hall inDelano, California (headquarters of theDelano grape strike),The Forty Acres (the original UFW headquarters in Delano),McDonnell Hall inSan Jose, and theSanta Rita Center inPhoenix, Arizona.[10]

Legislation for redesignation of site was reintroduced in 2023.[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Listing of acreage – December 31, 2013"(XLSX). Land Resource Division, National Park Service. RetrievedMarch 14, 2014. (National Park Service Acreage Reports)
  2. ^"NPS Annual Recreation Visits Report". National Park Service. RetrievedMarch 28, 2018.
  3. ^ab"| California State University, Bakersfield". Csub.edu. February 28, 2014. RetrievedJune 5, 2018.
  4. ^"National Park Foundation".National Park Foundation. RetrievedJune 5, 2018.
  5. ^"American Latino Heritage Fund".National Park Foundation. Archived fromthe original on June 22, 2018. RetrievedJune 5, 2018.
  6. ^"President Obama to Establish César E. Chávez Nat'l Monument".whitehouse.gov. October 1, 2012. RetrievedOctober 8, 2012 – viaNational Archives.
  7. ^"César E. Chávez National Monument". National Park Service. RetrievedOctober 8, 2012.
  8. ^"National Chavez Center". Cesar Chavez Foundation. RetrievedOctober 8, 2012.
  9. ^"American Latino Heritage Fund Provides $150,000 To Establish The César E. Chávez National Monument". National Park Foundation. Archived fromthe original on January 17, 2023. RetrievedOctober 8, 2012.
  10. ^abBurger, James (October 24, 2013)."Kern sites recommended for national park".The Bakersfield Californian. Archived fromthe original on March 4, 2016. RetrievedOctober 26, 2013.
  11. ^Silverstein, William (May 23, 2023)."National Historical Park proposed for Kern County monuments".KBAK. RetrievedMay 24, 2023.

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