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Welcome
The sister Cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juárez played a significant role in the uprise of the Mexican Revolution, on November 20, 1910. The sister cities assisted in ensuring the triumph of the Revolution and the defeat of dictatorship which guaranteed access to an institutional life and democracy into the form of life of the Mexican citizenry.
In 2010, the City of El Paso and Ciudad Juárez will join the government of México in a grand celebration of the Centennial of the Mexican Revolution. This celebration will feature commemorative public events to be held in collaboration with major governmental and non-governmental organizations on both sides of the border.
On Monday, November 20, 2006, the City of El Paso Museums and Cultural Affairs Department, in close partnership with the Museo Histórico (Ex-Aduana) de Ciudad Juárez, Dirección de Educación y Cultura- Municipio de Cd. Juárez, and the Consulate General of México, formally launched the beginning of the "Countdown to the 100th. Anniversary of the Mexican Revolution - El Paso - Ciudad Juárez: Two Cities that Sparked an Uprise"
This program, in collaboration with the El Paso Community Foundation, El Paso County Historical Commission, El Paso County Historical Society, the University of Texas at El Paso - Department of Languages and Linguistics, Cuadro por Cuadro, and many other important partners, will yield, from today to the year 2010, a series of regularly scheduled bi-national events with the purpose of heightening community awareness of the history of the region and the significant role the sister cities played in the events that shaped a nation.
On behalf of organizers from the sister cities of Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, we welcome you and invite you to join us in our celebration - ¡Viva la Revolución!
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