Inventing the Fiesta City by Laura Hernández-Ehrisman

Author:Laura Hernández-Ehrisman [Hernández-Ehrisman, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, United States, State & Local, Southwest (AZ; NM; OK; TX)
ISBN: 9780826343109
Google: -l4-58Wvxu0C
Publisher: UNM Press
Published: 2008-01-15T00:37:28+00:00

I strongly refute the suggestion that the work we do to commemorate the ideals of the men who won our freedom at the Alamo is a decadent work . . . We hold to the undisputable fact that these events are sponsored as a part of our responsibility to the youth of the community and to help them to live up to the great heritage our past has given them. While most of the world struggles against oppression, regimentation and tyranny, we maintain that the spirit of the Alamo is one which we wish to commemorate as an example to our youth, this country’s most valuable asset. We believe that in these days when a questionable set of values is being made attractive to them on all sides, such as the dope peddlers around the corner, the rock-and-roll type places of entertainment, the glorification of the mobster and gang rule, the philosophy of the beatnik, we believe it necessary to honor some plain old-fashioned virtues such as bravery, courage, honor, self-sacrifice, the courage of one’s convictions and the faith in the right . . . The parade is not entirely chicken wire and crepe paper, but in the development and building of the floats, long hours were spent in historical research and they are executed by groups learning to work and live thru [sic] cooperation with each other, and sharing in the pride of group accomplishment. The “importance of the traditional Fiesta events” HAS NOT [her emphasis] “declined” and will never decline regardless of the size of this city . . . We are acting as a small beacon shining in a confused world.50

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