O Fair New Mexico - L J Reischman Memorial Park - Roswell, NM - Etched in Stone on Waymarking.com

The song is in metal on top of a mural. The first stanza is:

Under a sky of azure,
Where balmy breezes blow,
Kissed by the golden sunshine,
Is Nuevo Mejico.

""O Fair New Mexico", the state song of the U.S. state of New Mexico was officially selected in 1917. It was adopted as the state song by an act of the New Mexico legislature, approved on March 14, 1917, as signed by Governor Washington E. Lindsey. The author, Elizabeth Garrett, was the daughter of former Lincoln County Sheriff Pat Garrett, the man who killed Billy the Kid. The musical genre of "O Fair New Mexico" is classified as a tango." (visit link)

Address: 304w N Main St Roswell, NM 88201 Website: Not listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   04/14/2024 The A-Team visited it