National honor for Cesar Chavez is pushed

“There are national historic sites that honor the contributions of Revolutionary War heroes, commemorate the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln and even preserve the home of playwright Eugene O’Neill, but none that recognize a Latino.

That may be about to change. The late labor leader Cesar Chavez is the focus of companion bills in Congress that would provide funds for the National Park Service to study how to honor Chavez: Is his story ”” decades spent unionizing and improving the working conditions of farmworkers ”” best told with a national trail, a historic site or a traditional landscaped park? “

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