The National Park Service will manage the site. On October 8, 2012, President Barack Obama issued a proclamation establishing the La Paz property as the Cesar E. La Paz continues to serve the UFW and its related organizations, and its visitor center is open to the public. The 187-acre property just north of Keene, California, contains 26 historic buildings and structures, as well as the César Chávez Memorial Garden and burial site. As the headquarters of the UFW, La Paz is of great historic significance for its role in the 20th century labor, civil rights, Chicano, and environmental movements, and for its association with Césario Estrada Chávez (1927–1993), the leader of the United Farmworkers of America, which became the voice of the poor and disenfranchised. “Our Lady, Queen of Peace” in English, the compound is commonly called La Paz. Labor activist César Chávez established the headquarters of the United Farm Workers of America (UFW) at Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz in the Tehachapi Mountains of Kern County, California in 1972.

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