0001|                    HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 67
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0002|     42ND LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION,
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0003|     1996
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0004|                         INTRODUCED BY
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0005|                           BEN LUJAN
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0011|                        A JOINT MEMORIAL
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0012|     RECOGNIZING THE ONE HUNDRED FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
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0013|     ESTABLISHMENT OF FORT MARCY AS AN IMPORTANT AND HISTORIC
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0014|     LANDMARK IN SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO.
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0015|     
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0016|       WHEREAS, the present site of Fort Marcy was first selected
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0017|     and used by surrounding pueblo Indian chiefs as a headquarters
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0018|     for the revolt of 1680; and
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0019|       WHEREAS, in April 1846, an unsettled dispute between the
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0020|     United States and Mexico over territorial boundaries lent itself
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0021|     to the Mexican-American War; and
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0022|       WHEREAS, under the direction of President James R. Polk,
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0023|     General Stephan Watts Kearney was directed to establish military
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0024|     headquarters in Santa Fe to carry out the occupation of the
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0025|     disputed lands, and the headquarters was named Fort William
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0001|     Marcy in honor of the secretary of war; and
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0002|       WHEREAS, in 1848, the land dispute was settled under the
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0003|     provisions of the Tratado de Guadalupe Hidalgo between Mexico
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0004|     and the United States, wherein the boundaries were established
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0005|     and a cash settlement was made to Mexico; and
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0006|       WHEREAS, the disputed land remained under the command of
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0007|     the United States military until the territory of New Mexico was
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0008|     established in 1850, and the soldiers remained at Fort Marcy
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0009|     until the fort was deactivated in 1894; 
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0010|       NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
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0011|     REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that it request and
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0012|     encourage all local governments, civic, fraternal, social,
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0013|     religious, philanthropic groups, youth groups, older Americans,
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0014|     private and public schools and, especially, veterans'
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0015|     organizations to join together and donate their resources and
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0016|     energy to preserve and restore Fort Marcy to reflect its
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0017|     important part in our rich history; and
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0018|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the state of New Mexico proudly
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0019|     recognize the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of Fort Marcy;
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0020|     and
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0021|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the governor of the great state
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0022|     of New Mexico declare by proclamation that September 16, 1996 is
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0023|     designated "Fort Marcy Day" in New Mexico; and
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0024|       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be
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0025|     transmitted to the governor and to the city manager of Santa Fe.
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