Cesar Chavez

Obama Visits Keene to Dedicate Chavez Monument

Joe Moore — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:45:14 +0000

President Obama made his first visit to Central California today, as he dedicated the Cesar Chavez National Monument in the Tehachapi mountain community of Keene. The site served as headquarters for Chavez and the United Farm Workers Union for decades.

The President told a crowd of over 6,000 people that Chavez was a hero for all Americans in his fight for justice, and the site, called Nuestra Senora Reina de la Paz (Our Lady Queen of Peace) or La Paz, is a tribute to his legacy.

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President Obama to Visit Kern County, Declare César Chávez Site a National Monument

Joe Moore — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:17:24 +0000

President Obama announced today that he will visit Kern County next Monday to declare the headquarters of the late United Farm Workers union co-founder César Chávez a national monument. The Chávez compound in the small community of Keene, located in the Tehachapi hills east of Bakersfield served as the home for both the UFW and Chávez for several decades.