If you recall, last year we ran a series on "225 Things to do in LA to Celebrate LA's 225th Birthday". Well, the year is almost up - how many were you able to do?
About five months after our postings and the City's official birthday celebration on September 4, 2006, LA, Inc (the See My LA folks) launched an LA225 website. Were you able to do and see all of their suggestions?
Well, here we are a year later, and it's time for the LA's birthday celebration once again. Now, the official birthday is September 4, but celebrations last all Labor Day Weekend. Here's what we found is going on this year for LA's 226th Birthday.
The 26th Annual Los Pobladores "Walk to LA" (with Mayor Villariagosa)
The 10th Annual Great Los Angeles Ice Cream Party
Since it's not a benchmark year, not much else is going on. Or, is there something we're missing in honor of the City's birthday?
Picture from last year's celebration.
4 comments:
That ice cream party looks awesome!
226 years as a city??? Wasn't Los Angeles given city status after the signing of the peace treaty in Cahuenga Pass, and after the beginning of the American era in 1848?
In 1781 the city was founded. The first town government was established a few years after that. There were few residents and a government was not needed for some time. The city was a part of Spain at that period.
In 1821, the city became a part of Mexico, having a population of about 650. The town had an alcalde, or mayor, at that time. All mayors were Mexican citizens.
As you say, it then became a part of the United States with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. It was only formally incorporated as a municipality on April 4, 1850, just prior to California becoming a state. But clearly, the city was founded in 1781 and even had a local government long before 1850.
I beg to differ with you, Scott. Los Angeles was founded as a pueblo, not a city, in 1781.
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