DELANO, Calif. -- U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and farmworker union leaders dedicated a National Historic Landmark plaque Monday to commemorate the land and buildings where the United Farm Workers of America was founded in the mid-1960s.
Salazar joined the family of Cesar Chavez, the late founder of the farmworker union, current UFW leaders, farmworkers and area schoolchildren in Delano, a small city 30 miles north of Bakersfield, to honor the site known as "Forty Acres," which had hosted some of the most momentous events shaping Chavez's movement.
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