Yesterday, President Obama traveled to Keene, California, to dedicate the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument on the property known as Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz (Our Lady Queen of Peace).
The site is recognized worldwide for its historic link to civil rights icon Cesar Estrada Chavez and the farm worker movement — the site served as the national headquarters of the United Farm Workers (UFW) as well as the home and workplace of Cesar Chavez and his family from the early 1970’s until Chavez’s death in 1993, and includes the Memorial Garden where Chavez is buried.
Read the reactions of Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Julie Rodriguez, an Associate Director for the Office of Public Engagement.