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HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 45
48
TH LEGISLATURE
- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -
FIRST SESSION
, 2007
INTRODUCED BY
Ben Lujan
A JOINT MEMORIAL
DECLARING MARCH 7, 2007 AS "SANTA FE DAY" AT THE LEGISLATURE
AND RECOGNIZING THE CELEBRATION OF THE FOUR-HUNDRED-YEAR
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF LA VILLA REAL DE LA SANTA FE DE
SAN FRANCISCO DE ASIS, 1607-1610.
WHEREAS, by 1600, the Pueblo people of the Rio Grande
region had inhabited the area now known as Santa Fe for
hundreds of years; and
WHEREAS, from at least the time of 1607 there existed a
small settlement of Spanish people in that same area; and
WHEREAS, on March 30, 1609 the viceroy of New Spain,
Martin Lopez de Gauna, upon the appointment of Don Pedro de
Peralta as governor and captain general of New Mexico, did
order governor Peralta to establish a villa at the site of what
is now Santa Fe; and
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WHEREAS, by the summer of 1610 Peralta had established the
city of Santa Fe; and
WHEREAS, during the period of 2007 through 2010, Santa Fe
shall proudly observe the four-hundred-year anniversary of the
founding of La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de
Asis with suitable events and observances by the residents of
Santa Fe to give thanks for its first four hundred years and to
pass on to their children and grandchildren the Indo-Hispano
heritage; and
WHEREAS, the city of Santa Fe will develop programs in
celebration of the four-hundred-year anniversary, including but
not limited to educational initiatives, symposia and public
events; and
WHEREAS, the founding of Santa Fe is a seminal event in
the history of the United States; and
WHEREAS, the city of Santa Fe is the oldest capital city
in the United States; and
WHEREAS, the four-hundred-year anniversary of Santa Fe's
founding is meant to have broad, local, regional, national and
international impact; and
WHEREAS, the city of Santa Fe will commemorate March 30,
2009 as the four-hundred-year anniversary of the date of the
viceroy's orders to Peralta to establish the city of Santa Fe
and will celebrate the founding of the city of Santa Fe during
the period of memorial day 2010 through the end of fiestas that
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same year;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
STATE OF NEW MEXICO that March 7, 2007 be declared "Santa Fe
Day" at the legislature and that congratulations be expressed
to the residents of Santa Fe on the celebration of the four-
hundred-year anniversary of their fair city; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
transmitted to the mayor and city council of the city of Santa
Fe.
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