Establishment of the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument

Vol. 77

Friday,

No. 198

October 12, 2012

Part V

The President

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Proclamation 8884--Establishment of the C[eacute]sar E. Ch[aacute]vez
National Monument

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Title 3--
The President

Proclamation 8884 of October 8, 2012

Establishment of the C[eacute]sar E.
Ch[aacute]vez National Monument

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

The property in Keene, California, known as Nuestra
Se[ntilde]ora Reina de la Paz (Our Lady Queen of Peace)
(La Paz), is recognized for its historic significance
to C[eacute]sar Estrada Ch[aacute]vez and the farm
worker movement. C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez is one of
the most revered civil rights leaders in the history of
the United States. From humble beginnings in Yuma,
Arizona, to the founding of the United Farm Workers
(UFW) movement, C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez knew
firsthand the hard work of farm workers in the fields
across the United States and their contribution to
feeding the Nation. He saw and experienced the
difficult conditions and hardships that confronted farm
worker families. And through his hard work,
perseverance, and personal sacrifice, he dedicated his
life to the struggle for respect and dignity for the
farm workers of America.

His faith, his passion for nonviolence rooted in the
teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mohandas
Gandhi, and his inspirational leadership are best
reflected in his own eloquent words: ``When the man who
feeds the world by toiling in the fields is himself
deprived of the basic rights of feeding, sheltering,
and caring for his own family, the whole community of
man is sick.''

La Paz served as the national headquarters of the UFW
and the home and workplace of C[eacute]sar
Ch[aacute]vez, his family, union members, and
supporters. It remains the symbol of the movement's
most significant achievements and its expanding
horizons.

In 1972, the UFW made La Paz its official national
headquarters. With existing residential buildings,
administrative spaces, maintenance shops, and
supporting infrastructure from its former use as a
tuberculosis sanatorium, the property supported a new
community almost immediately. C[eacute]sar
Ch[aacute]vez and his family moved to the property, as
did a fluctuating population of union employees,
members, and supporters.

From the 1970s through C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez death
in 1993, La Paz was at the forefront of the American
farm worker movement. Thousands of farm workers and
their supporters from California and across the country
streamed through La Paz to meet with movement leaders,
learn from other farm workers, devise strategies,
negotiate contracts, receive training, volunteer their
time, and celebrate meaningful events. Throughout this
period, La Paz became a symbol of the accomplishments
and broadening of the American farm worker movement.

At La Paz, members of the farm worker movement
celebrated such victories as the passage of the
Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975, the first
Federal law recognizing farm workers' collective
bargaining rights. At La Paz, the UFW grew and expanded
from its early roots as a union for farm workers to
become a national voice for the poor and
disenfranchised.

For C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez, La Paz also provided
the respite he needed to continue serving the farm
worker movement. His attachment to La Paz as both a
refuge and a place where he engaged in his life's work
grew stronger over the years.

La Paz was a place where he and other farm worker
leaders strategized and reflected on challenges the
union was facing, celebrated victories and mourned
losses, and watched the union endure and modernize. The
building that is now the Visitor Center contains
C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez's office (which still houses
original furnishings and artifacts), as well as the UFW
legal aid offices. La Paz also was a place where he
watched his children grow up, marry, and begin to raise
children of their own. The home of C[eacute]sar and
Helen Ch[aacute]vez remains at La Paz. That
C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez wished to be buried at La
Paz upon his death is an enduring testament to the
strength of his association with the property. The
Ch[aacute]vez Memorial Garden contains the grave site
of C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez. Other buildings and
structures at the La Paz campus, which is listed in the
National Register of Historic Places and designated a
National Historic Landmark, are recognized as
contributing to its historic significance.

This site marks the extraordinary achievements and
contributions to the history of the United States made
by C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez and the farm worker
movement that he led with great vision and fortitude.
La Paz reflects his conviction that ordinary people can
do extraordinary things.

Whereas section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat.
225, 16 U.S.C. 431) (the ``Antiquities Act''),
authorizes the President, in his discretion, to declare
by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and
prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic
or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands
owned or controlled by the Government of the United
States to be national monuments, and to reserve as a
part thereof parcels of land, the limits of which in
all cases shall be confined to the smallest area
compatible with the proper care and management of the
objects to be protected;

Whereas Nuestra Se[ntilde]ora Reina de la Paz was
designated a National Historic Landmark on October 8,
2012, establishing its national significance based on
its association with C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez and the
farm worker movement that he led;

Whereas the National Ch[aacute]vez Center and the
C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez Foundation have expressed
support for establishing a unit of the National Park
System at La Paz;

Whereas the National Ch[aacute]vez Center has donated
to the United States certain lands and interests in
lands at La Paz (including fee title in the Visitor
Center that contains the office of C[eacute]sar
Ch[aacute]vez and legal aid offices, C[eacute]sar
Ch[aacute]vez's home, and the Memorial Garden that
includes the grave of C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez, as
well as an easement for the protection of and access to
other historically significant buildings, structures,
and associated landscapes located adjacent to the fee
lands) for administration by the Secretary of the
Interior (Secretary) in accordance with the provisions
of the Antiquities Act and other applicable laws;

Whereas it is in the public interest to preserve the
historic objects at La Paz;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the
United States of America, by the authority vested in me
by section 2 of the Antiquities Act hereby proclaim,
set apart, and reserve as the C[eacute]sar E.
Ch[aacute]vez National Monument (monument) the objects
identified above and all lands and interests in lands
owned or controlled by the Government of the United
States within the boundaries described on the
accompanying map, which is attached to and forms a part
of this proclamation. These reserved Federal lands and
interests in lands encompass approximately 10.5 acres,
together with appurtenant easements for all necessary
purposes, which is the smallest area compatible with
the proper care and management of the objects to be
protected.

All Federal lands and interests in lands within the
boundaries of this monument are hereby appropriated and
withdrawn from all forms of entry, location, selection,
sale, leasing, or other disposition under the public
lands

laws, including withdrawal from location, entry, and
patent under the mining laws, and from disposition
under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal
leasing.

The establishment of this monument is subject to valid
existing rights. Lands and interests in lands within
the monument's boundaries not owned or controlled by
the United States shall be reserved as part of the
monument upon acquisition of ownership or control by
the United States.

The Secretary shall manage the monument through the
National Park Service, pursuant to applicable legal
authorities, consistent with the purposes and
provisions of this proclamation. For the purpose of
preserving, restoring, and enhancing the public
visitation and appreciation of the monument, the
Secretary shall prepare a management plan for the
monument within 3 years of the date of this
proclamation. The management plan will ensure that the
monument fulfills the following purposes for the
benefit of present and future generations: (1) to
preserve the historic resources; (2) to commemorate the
life and work of C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez; and (3) to
interpret the struggles and achievements of the broader
farm worker movement throughout the United States. The
management plan shall, among other provisions, set
forth the desired relationship of the monument to other
related resources, programs, and organizations at La
Paz, as well as at other sites significant to the farm
worker movement, such as the Forty Acres National
Historic Landmark site and the Filipino Community Hall
in Delano, California, the Santa Rita Center in
Phoenix, Arizona, and McDonnell Hall in San Jose,
California, including march routes. The management
planning process shall provide for maximum public
involvement, including consultation with the National
Ch[aacute]vez Center and the C[eacute]sar Ch[aacute]vez
Foundation, and shall identify steps to be taken to
provide interpretive opportunities for the entirety of
the National Historic Landmark District at La Paz and
related sites as described above, where appropriate for
a broader understanding of the farm worker movement.

The National Park Service shall consult with the
National Ch[aacute]vez Center, the C[eacute]sar
Ch[aacute]vez Foundation, and other appropriate
organizations in planning for interpretation and
visitor services at the monument. The National Park
Service shall, in its interpretive programming,
recognize the contributions of many people, cultures,
and organizations to the farm worker movement, such as
women, youth, and religious organizations. To the
extent practicable and appropriate, the National Park
Service shall seek to provide coordinated visitor
services and interpretive opportunities with the
National Ch[aacute]vez Center throughout the La Paz
site, on property owned and managed by the National
Ch[aacute]vez Center as well as on property
administered by the National Park Service. The National
Park Service is directed to use applicable authorities
to seek to enter into agreements with the National
Ch[aacute]vez Center to address common interests,
including provision of visitor services, interpretation
and education, establishment and care of museum
collections, and care of historic resources.

Further, to the extent authorized by law, the Secretary
shall promulgate any additional regulations needed for
the proper care and management of the monument.

Nothing in this proclamation shall be deemed to revoke
any existing withdrawal, reservation, or appropriation;
however, the monument shall be the dominant
reservation.

Warning is hereby given to all unauthorized persons not
to appropriate, injure, destroy, or remove any feature
of this monument and not to locate or settle upon any
of the lands thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twelve, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.

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