Invitation to Birthday Party
August 11, 2006

Join Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa in the 225th Birthday Celebration of the City of Los Angeles on Monday, September 4, 2006!

September 4th, 2006 is the 225th Birthday of the City of Los Angeles. To celebrate, the City has planned a series of exciting events for you to take part in marking this historic day.

During the first week of September 1781, eleven families left Mission San Gabriel and proceeded nine miles down a dusty trail to the river. There, on September 4, 1781, they established El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Angeles - today, the great City of Los Angeles.

Each year since our Bicentennial in 1981, walkers representing a broad cross section of our cities diverse culture have re-enacted the original founding with the Pobladores Walk to Los Angeles. This year we will carry on the tradition with a full program of activities. At 7:00 a.m., we will begin the celebration with a program and kick-off rally at the San Gabriel Mission. Participants will then walk nine miles to the El Pueblo Historical Monument in downtown Los Angeles. After the walk, the festivities will continue with a cake ceremony, food, a program with multi cultural entertainment, and a Children Fun Zone sponsored by Disney and the Department of Recreation and Parks. It will truly be an event to remember!

- 7:00 a.m. Pobladores Walk, 9 miles. Kick off rally at San Gabriel Mission. 428 South Mission Drive, San Gabriel. (Shuttle to Mission available.)

- 9:00 a.m. Lincoln Park, 3 miles. Join the walkers from the Mission at the second starting point of the Walk. 3501 Valley Blvd., Los Angeles.

- 10:30 a.m. Birthday Cake Ceremony & Festival at El Pueblo Historical Monument. 125 Paseo de la Plaza, Los Angeles. (Shuttle back to Mission available.)

For more information please call (213) 485-8372 or e-mail: 225@lacity.org . To register for the walk and learn more about this historic re-enactment, please visit the official Los Angeles Birthday Website at www.lacity.org/225 .