President dedicates Cesar Chavez monument

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Cesar Chavez' widow, Helen F. Chavez, places a special "Cesar Chavez" red rose at the gravesite where Cesar E. Chavez was laid to rest in 1993, as he tours the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument Memorial Garden, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Keene, Calif.

Carolyn Kaster | AP
President Barack Obama announces the establishment of the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Keene, Calif. The property is recognized worldwide for its historic link to civil rights icon Cesar Chavez and the farm worker movement.

Mark J. Terrill | AP
A baby is held up in the crowd before President Barack Obama announced the establishment of the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Keene, Calif. The property is recognized worldwide for its historic link to civil rights icon Cesar Chavez and the farm worker movement.

Mark J. Terrill | AP
President Barack Obama with Cesar Chavez' widow Helen F. Chavez, places a special "Cesar Chavez" red rose at the gravesite where Cesar E. Chavez was laid to rest in 1993, as he toured the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument Memorial Garden, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Keene, Calif.

Carolyn Kaster | AP
A supporter holds up a United Farm Workers banner before President Barack Obama announced the establishment of the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Keene, Calif. The property is recognized worldwide for its historic link to civil rights icon Cesar Chavez and the farm worker movement.

Mark J. Terrill | AP
President Barack Obama walks with Cesar Chavez' widow Helen F. Chavez, left, and Dolores Huerta, Co-Founder of the United Farm Workers, as they tour the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument Memorial Garden, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Keene, Calif.

Carolyn Kaster | AP
President Barack Obama arrives announce the establishment of the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Keene, Calif. The property is recognized worldwide for its historic link to civil rights icon Cesar Chavez and the farm worker movement.

Mark J. Terrill | AP
President Barack Obama walks with Cesar Chavez' widow Helen F. Chavez, third from left, Chavez' son Paul F. Chavez, and President of the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation, right, and Dolores Huerta, Co-Founder of the United Farm Workers, as they tour the Cesar E. Chavez National Monument Memorial Garden, Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, in Keene, Calif.

Carolyn Kaster | AP
FILE - In this March 8, 1989 file photo, Cesar Chavez gestures as he speaks during a news conference in Los Angeles. Today, the foothills of the Tehachapi mountains continue to house the United Farm Workers of America headquarters and memorials to Chavez, though farmworkers no longer live there. President Obama is designating parts of the property as a national monument and visiting the site on Monday.

ALAN GRETH | AP

President Barack Obama on Monday declared the home of the late farm labor leader Cesar Chavez a national monument. Here are images from that ceremony in Keene.

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