J2237-2011 Actions

• Jun 7, 2011: ADOPTED
• Jun 7, 2011: REPORTED TO CALENDAR FOR CONSIDERATION
• Jun 3, 2011: REFERRED TO FINANCE

J2237-2011 Text

 ATIVE  RESOLUTION commemorating 190 Years of Honduran Independence
 tember 15, 2011

 S, Before the Spanish conquest, Honduras was home to  the  Mayans,
   and other indigenous societies; these autonomous groups lived in
 ight conflict and commercial cooperation with each other and other
 ies in Mexico and Panama; and
 EAS, On July 30, 1502, Christopher  Columbus  first  saw  Honduran
 nd he claimed the territory in the name of Ferdinand of Aragon and
 la of Castile, naming it Honduras; and
 EAS,  Between  1523 and 1526, numerous Spanish expeditions arrived
 duras and established their colony, which would for some time be a
 f the Captaincy General of Guatemala; and
 EAS, Honduras was a large colonial-era supplier  of  gold,  silver
 opical fruits; and
 EAS, By October 1537, the Lenca chief, Lempira, a warrior of great
 ,  had  managed  to  unify  more than two hundred native tribes in
 to offer an organized, but eventually defeated, resistance against
 ation by the Spanish conquerors; and
 EAS, Honduras gained independence  from  Spain  on  September  15,
  at which time the country was annexed to the Mexican Empire until
 when it joined the United  Provinces  of  America,  lasting  until
 and
 EAS, Many Hondurans have made New York their home, and this Legis-
   Body  is  justly  proud  to  thank the Honduran people for their
 butions to this great Empire State; now, therefore, be it
 LVED, That this Legislative Body pause  in  its  deliberations  to
 orate 190 Years of Honduran Independence on September 15, 2011.