; Whereas in 1973, San Antonio received the first and only major professional sports team of the city, the San Antonio Spurs, which has won a total of 5 National Basketball Association championships; Whereas in 1987, Pope John Paul II became the first and only pontiff to visit the State of Texas and San Antonio; Whereas in 1992, the United States, Mexico, and Canada signed the North American Free Trade Agreement in San Antonio; Whereas in 2017, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization inscribed the 5 Spanish colonial missions in San Antonio as a World Heritage Site; Whereas San Antonio is also called the Alamo City, the Mission City, and the River City, and was officially trademarked Military City, USA in 2017; Whereas San Antonio has been home to several notable individuals, including President Dwight D. Eisenhower, President Lyndon B. Johnson, President Theodore Roosevelt, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Congressman David Crockett, Congressman Garlington Jerome Sutton, General Douglas MacArthur, General Jimmy Doolittle, Colonel James Bowie, Lieutenant Colonel Ed White, Master Sergeant Raul Perez Benavidez, Charles Lindbergh, Carol Burnett, Joan Crawford, Tommy Lee Jones, Johnny Cash, Rosita Fernandez, Santiago Jimenez, Santiago Jimenez Jr., Flaco Jimenez, and Secretary Henry Cisneros; Whereas San Antonio hosts one of the largest annual marches in the United States for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, with nearly 300,000 participants; Whereas San Antonio is the seventh largest city in the United States based on population; Whereas San Antonio contributes to the cultural life and historical understanding of the State of Texas through events such as— (1) Fiesta; (2) Luminaria; (3) the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo; (4) the Armed Forces River Parade; and (5) the Texas Folk Life Festival; and Whereas during the first week of May, 2018— (1) San Antonio will honor and celebrate the tricentennial anniversary of the city