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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Residents of Brownsville are gathering in Austin on |
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| 6 | 7 | | January 28, 2015, to celebrate Brownsville Day at the State |
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| 7 | 8 | | Capitol; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, The site of Brownsville was originally settled under |
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| 9 | 10 | | a 1781 Spanish land grant, and in 1846, it became the location of a |
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| 10 | 11 | | fortification constructed by soldiers led by General Zachary Taylor |
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| 11 | 12 | | in preparation for the coming war with Mexico; named Fort Brown in |
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| 12 | 13 | | honor of Major Jacob Brown, who died in an attack on the United |
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| 13 | 14 | | States forces, the area became part of the State of Texas when the |
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| 14 | 15 | | Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848; and |
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| 15 | 16 | | WHEREAS, Brownsville was made county seat of the newly |
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| 16 | 17 | | established Cameron County in January 1849, and it soon replaced |
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| 17 | 18 | | Matamoros as the leading trade center for the area; from its early |
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| 18 | 19 | | days, the city had a cosmopolitan and multilingual character, with |
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| 19 | 20 | | the 1850 Census showing that two-thirds of the residents were from |
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| 20 | 21 | | the Eastern United States and the remainder from Mexico, Ireland, |
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| 21 | 22 | | France, England, and Germany; and |
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| 22 | 23 | | WHEREAS, Now the largest city in the Lower Rio Grande Valley |
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| 23 | 24 | | with more than 181,000 people, Brownsville celebrates its heritage |
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| 24 | 25 | | as an active gateway between two countries that are joined by |
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| 25 | 26 | | hundreds of years of tradition, history, and family; and |
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| 26 | 27 | | WHEREAS, Building on the unique strengths of its population |
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| 27 | 28 | | and economic assets, the Brownsville community has come together to |
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| 28 | 29 | | develop the Imagine Brownsville Comprehensive Plan, and the United |
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| 29 | 30 | | Brownsville partnership was formed to ensure the implementation of |
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| 30 | 31 | | the plan; and |
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| 31 | 32 | | WHEREAS, Members of the partnership are committed to |
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| 32 | 33 | | maximizing the advantages of their access to a deep-sea port and |
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| 33 | 34 | | international markets to create a local economy that will drive |
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| 34 | 35 | | prosperity for the region and this state; they include |
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| 35 | 36 | | representatives of the City of Brownsville, the Brownsville |
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| 36 | 37 | | Navigation District, The University of Texas at Brownsville, the |
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| 37 | 38 | | Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation, Texas Southmost |
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| 38 | 39 | | College, the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation, the |
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| 39 | 40 | | Brownsville Independent School District, the Brownsville Public |
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| 40 | 41 | | Utilities Board, the Brownsville Chamber of Commerce, the |
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| 41 | 42 | | Brownsville Economic Development Council, the Brownsville |
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| 42 | 43 | | Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Brownsville South Padre Island |
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| 43 | 44 | | International Airport, the United Way of Southern Cameron County, |
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| 44 | 45 | | Cameron County, and Workforce Solutions Cameron; and |
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| 45 | 46 | | WHEREAS, A dynamic community that draws on a rich history as |
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| 46 | 47 | | it prepares for an exciting future, Brownsville has established |
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| 47 | 48 | | itself as an outstanding place in which to live and work, and its |
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| 48 | 49 | | citizens may take great pride in the area's ongoing achievements; |
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| 49 | 50 | | now, therefore, be it |
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| 50 | 51 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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| 51 | 52 | | Legislature hereby recognize January 28, 2015, as Brownsville Day |
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| 52 | 53 | | at the State Capitol and extend to the visiting delegation sincere |
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| 53 | 54 | | best wishes for an enjoyable stay in Austin. |
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