Cesar Chavez Center

Dan Ocampo/AP

In this photo taken April 23, 2005, Anthony Chavez, 19, Cesar Chavez's grandson, completes some touch-up work at the National Chavez Center in Keene, Calif, before its first anniversary celebration. The Cesar E. Chavez Foundation, which runs the center, was then seeking federal recognition as a historic landmark. But Paul Chavez said preserving his father's legacy was only one aspect. Financial survival was a concern, too.

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