OH SAY DOES THAT STAR SPANGLED
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BANNER YET WAVE, WE ARE HERE AT THE CORNER OF AVENUE C AND SANTA FE FOR THE UNVEILING OF A HISTORICAL MARKER THAT DESIGNATES THIS IS THE ORIGINAL HOMESTEAD OF THE VALLE FAMILY, MANUEL AND MARIA, AND THEY WERE THE FIRST LATINO FAMILY HERE GARLAND, TEXAS. RECOGNIZING PIONEERS IS ALWAYS APPROPRIATE AND WE THANK YOU, AND WE THAN YOU VALLE FAMILY FOR THE HERITAGE THAT YOU AND YOUR ANCESTORS HAVE LEFT TO US HERE IN THE CITY.HAVING THIS MARKER WILL BE A LONG-LASTING REMINDER OF THE VALLE ROLE IN FACING THE WAY FOR ALL THE OTHER LATINOS TO FOLLOW. IT WAS DETERMINATION THAT THE VALLEY’ DECIDED TO MAKE A SUCCESS OF THEIR MOVE TO GARLAND. THEY FOLLOWED THEIR EMPLOYER TO GARLAND AND THEY PROCEEDED TO RAISE A FAMILY OF EIGHT KIDS THEY MADE SURE THAT THEY GOT THE EDUCATION THEY WERE ENTITLED TO. AND THEY ALSO INSTILLED IN THEM, THE CONFIDENCE AND THE TENACITY THAT WAS GOING TO BE SUCH A BIG FACTOR IN THEIR SUCCESS IN LIFE LATER ON.
(CHEERS) WELL, WHEN THEY CAME FROM MEXICO TO GARLAND, THEY NEVER EXPECTED ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
THEY DIDN’T COME HERE FOR ATTENTION. THEY CAME HERE TO MAKE A LIVING FOR THEIR FAMILIES. AND I THINK THEIR DECISION THAT GETTING AN EDUCATION HAS BEEN THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THEY’VE DONE.
OH, THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A VICTORIOUS DAY FOR GARLAND, FOR TEXAS, FOR THE VALLE FAMILY, SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO FOR SO LONG.
THE STATE HISTORICAL MARKER MEANS SO MUCH. IT’S THE 13TH TO BE ESTABLISHED HERE IN GARLAND, BUT IT IS THE VERY FIRST ONE PERTAINING TO A LATINO SUBJECT AND THE FIRST PERTAINING TO AN INDIVIDUAL FAMILY. AND THERE ARE VERY FEW OF THESE MARKERS IN TEXAS THAT ARE DISTINCTIVELY ON A LATINO SUBJECT, SO WE’RE JUST THANKFUL TO HAVE HERE IN GARLAND TO REPRESENT THIS GREAT FAMILY. “THE SPREAD OF PEOPLE TO COME OUT REALLY IS A TESTAMENT TO THE IMPACT, THE INFLUENCE AND THE CONTRIBUTION THAT THE VALLE FAMILY HAS HAD ON THE CITY, ON THE REGION, ON THE STATE.
“OH, MY I THINK I GOT IT.” I THINK THAT AND ALSO THE WORK OF THE FRIENDS OF MAGIC 11TH STREET.
OF ONCE AGAIN, BRINGING SOMETHING, BRINGING REMEMBRANCE AND RECOGNITION TO SOMETHING HERE IN OUR CITY.
(LAUGHS - MUSIC OUT)
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.