{"id":366558,"date":"2026-07-09T08:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/366558\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T08:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:24:08","slug":"tarrant-may-replace-cesar-chavez-day-with-veterans-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/366558\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarrant may replace Cesar Chavez Day with Veterans Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A United Farm Workers of America flag flies in front of the Tarrant County Courthouse on Aug 18, 2024, during a news conference and protest against Tarrant County looking to swap Cesar Chavez Day on its calendar in favor of Veterans Day.<\/p>\n

Noah Alcala Bach<\/p>\n

nalcala@star-telegram.com<\/p>\n

Tarrant County commissioners will consider replacing Cesar Chavez Day with Veterans Day as a county holiday.<\/p>\n

Days before Cesar Chavez Day was set to be celebrated across the country in March, a New York Times article exposed the lauded Latino labor activist for his alleged sexual abuse<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In reaction, some governmental bodies renamed March 31 as Farmworkers Day<\/a> or replaced it with a celebratory day for his co-activist Dolores Huerta<\/a> on April 10. After the news broke, Tarrant County scrapped Cesar Chavez\u2019s name<\/a> from the official county holiday and replaced it with a generic name<\/a> that still allowed county employees to have the day off.<\/p>\n

Cesar Chavez Day has been a paid holiday for county employees since 2001. An August 2024 commissioners court agenda initially included a proposition to swap out Veterans Day as an employee holiday instead, but the motion never made it to the court<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Tarrant County commissioners will revisit the issue.<\/p>\n

With the revised version, Veterans Day will be celebrated on Nov. 11 and Cesar Chavez Day will not. Tarrant County employees will still have 13 holidays.<\/p>\n

How often the court will convene will also be under consideration. In August, the five-person court split along party lines to meet once a month instead of twice<\/a> a month.<\/p>\n

The commissioners court will discuss both potential changes on Tuesday at its monthly 10 a.m. meeting.<\/p>\n


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Rachel Royster<\/a><\/p>\n

Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n

Rachel Royster is a news and government reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, specifically focused on Tarrant County. She joined the newsroom after interning at the Austin American-Statesman, the Waco Tribune-Herald and Capital Community News in DC. A Houston native and Baylor grad, Rachel enjoys traveling, reading and being outside. She welcomes any and all news tips to her email.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A United Farm Workers of America flag flies in front of the Tarrant County Courthouse on Aug 18,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":366559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-366558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}