88R15144 CJM-D
 
  By: Menéndez, et al. S.R. No. 245
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, VIVA San Antonio Day is taking place at the State
  Capitol on February 28, 2023, and this occasion provides a welcome
  opportunity to honor San Antonio residents for the important
  contributions they are making to the Lone Star State; 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 Saint 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 defenders held the mission for 13 days against
  an army of some 4,000 Mexican soldiers; 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 was formally incorporated in 1837, when
  the fledgling Republic of Texas granted the city a charter; the
  community retains its sense of history and tradition while
  carefully blending in cosmopolitan progress; it continues to serve
  as a crossroads and a meeting place, where the rich cultural
  influences of Native Americans, Old Mexico, German immigrants, the
  Wild West, African Americans, and the Deep South mingle and merge;
  and
         WHEREAS, Known as Military City USA, San Antonio has a proud
  military heritage, and great figures like Pershing, Stilwell,
  Krueger, LeMay, Chennault, and Eisenhower served at San Antonio
  military installations; today, the armed forces facilities in the
  city include Fort Sam Houston, the headquarters for the U.S. Army
  North and U.S. Army South, and Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, the
  home of the Air Education and Training Command, the Air Force
  Recruiting Service, the Air Force Personnel Center, and the Air
  Force Installation and Mission Support Center; in addition, the
  city is the site of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, the largest
  training wing in the United States Air Force, which instructs all
  incoming airmen in basic military training, along with vital
  National Guard and Air Force Reserve missions; and
         WHEREAS, The San Antonio Market is home to several
  distinguished medical institutions, including Brooke Army Medical
  Center, which houses the only Level I Trauma Center in the Military
  Health System and the Center for the Intrepid, a world-renowned
  rehabilitation facility; and
         WHEREAS, Recent years have brought remarkable economic
  development to San Antonio as its skilled workforce, excellent
  institutions of public and higher education, and high quality of
  life have attracted important corporate businesses and industries
  to the city; and
         WHEREAS, The city's chambers of commerce serve as leading
  advocates for the business community and are dedicated to building
  and sustaining San Antonio's diverse and prosperous economy,
  particularly in the major local industries of health care,
  manufacturing, aerospace, and information technology; and
         WHEREAS, San Antonio has one of the largest concentrations of
  cybersecurity professionals in the United States, with a diverse
  workforce and globally competitive cybersecurity ecosystem that is
  strategically organized through CyberSecurity San Antonio; and
         WHEREAS, Many people delight in visiting San Antonio each
  year; in addition to the Alamo, highlights include La Villita, San
  Fernando Cathedral, the San Antonio Mission Trails, and the famed
  Paseo del Rio, also known as The River Walk; 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 five-time world champion San Antonio
  Spurs; and
         WHEREAS, A highlight of the city's robust event calendar is
  the annual Fiesta San Antonio; first held more than 130 years ago,
  the event was founded by a group of women 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, A city of great historical, cultural, and economic
  importance, San Antonio is one of the treasures of the Lone Star
  State, and its citizens may indeed take great pride in the place
  they call home; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature
  hereby recognize February 28, 2023, as VIVA San Antonio Day at the
  State Capitol and extend to the city's residents sincere best
  wishes for the future.