K745-2011 Actions

• Jun 17, 2011: adopted

K745-2011 Text

 LEGISLATIVE  RESOLUTION commemorating the 190th Anniversary of the Inde
 pendence of El Salvador from Spain on September 15, 2011
 WHEREAS, Prior to being under Spanish rule  for  nearly  300  years,  El
 Salvador,  meaning the Savior, was originally inhabited and ruled by the
 Pocomames, Lencas and the Pipil Indians, descendents of the Aztecs; and
 WHEREAS, The Spanish first set foot on Meanguera Island in the Gulf of
 Fonseca and later established the village of  San  Salvador,  which  now
 serves as the capital and largest city in El Salvador; and
 WHEREAS, Granted the title of city in 1546, San Salvador served as the
 Spanish  seat  of  government  in  the  El  Salvador territory under the
 Audiencia of Mexico; and
 WHEREAS, As with every other Latin American  territory  under  Spanish
 rule, the Salvadoran people were not content with the absence of econom
 ic freedoms and began to mobilize against the Spanish Crown in 1810; and
 WHEREAS, On November 5, 1811, when Priest Jose Matias Delgado rang the
 bells  of La Merced Church in San Salvador calling for insurrection, the
 people began to band together for freedom; and
 WHEREAS, At that time, armies were sent from Guatemala to diffuse  the
 uprisings  of  the  indigenous  and middle class people, though a decade
 later in 1821, El Salvador and  the  other  Central  American  provinces
 affirmatively declared their independence from Spain; and
 WHEREAS,  El  Salvador immediately resisted joining a union of Central
 American countries, but did ultimately join with Mexico in  early  1822,
 then the United Provinces of Central America in 1823; and
 WHEREAS,  In  1838, El Salvador finally became an independent republic
 upon the breaking of the Union; and
 WHEREAS, Many Salvadorans have made New  York  their  home,  and  this
 Legislative  Body  is  justly  proud  to thank the Salvadoran people for
 their contributions to this great Empire State; now, therefore, be it
 RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause  in  its  deliberations  to
 commemorate  the  190th  Anniversary  of the Independence of El Salvador
 from Spain on September 15, 2011.

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