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  H.R. No. 460
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is pleased to
  recognize February 17, 2009, 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 flavors 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 2009, the city will once again celebrate
  Fiesta San Antonio, the biggest 10-day party in the state; first
  held 118 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 81st Texas
  Legislature hereby recognize February 17, 2009, as Viva San Antonio
  Day at the State Capitol and extend to the members of the visiting
  delegation best wishes for a memorable visit.
 
  Corte
 
 
Straus Gattis Menendez
 
Allen Geren Merritt
 
Alonzo Giddings Miklos
 
Alvarado Gonzales Miller of Comal
 
Anchia Gonzalez Toureilles Miller of Erath
 
Anderson Guillen Moody
 
Aycock Gutierrez Morrison
 
Berman Hamilton Naishtat
 
Bohac Hancock Oliveira
 
Bolton Hardcastle Olivo
 
Bonnen Harless Orr
 
Branch Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
 
Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Otto
 
Brown of Brazos Heflin Parker
 
Burnam Hernandez Patrick
 
Button Herrero Paxton
 
Callegari Hilderbran Pena
 
Castro Hochberg Phillips
 
Chavez Hodge Pickett
 
Chisum Homer Pierson
 
Christian Hopson Pitts
 
Cohen Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
 
Coleman Howard of Travis Raymond
 
Cook Hughes Riddle
 
Corte Hunter Rios Ybarra
 
Crabb Isett Ritter
 
Craddick Jackson Rodriguez
 
Creighton Jones Rose
 
Crownover Keffer Sheffield
 
Darby Kent Shelton
 
Davis of Harris King of Parker Smith of Tarrant
 
Davis of Dallas King of Taylor Smith of Harris
 
Deshotel King of Zavala Smithee
 
Driver Kleinschmidt Solomons
 
Dukes Kolkhorst Strama
 
Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
 
Dutton Laubenberg Taylor
 
Edwards Legler Thibaut
 
Eiland Leibowitz Thompson
 
Eissler Lewis Truitt
 
Elkins Lucio III Turner of Tarrant
 
England Madden Turner of Harris
 
Farabee Maldonado Vaught
 
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
 
Farrar Marquez Villarreal
 
Fletcher Martinez Vo
 
Flores Martinez Fischer Walle
 
Flynn McCall Weber
 
Frost McClendon Woolley
 
Gallego McReynolds Zerwas
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 460 was adopted by the House on
  February 17, 2009, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House