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For thousands of years the Rio Grande meandered through what is now El Paso and Ciudad Juarez without a care. Do you know why it suddenly became a thorn in the relations between the United States of America and Mexico? How did a plot of land less than 500 acres cause a rift between neighboring nations for a century? What did over 5,000 El Paso residents give up to help solve the problem? Does any of this even sound familiar? The story of the Chamizal Convention – one you may never have heard – is an example around the world of successful diplomacy.

These are the questions visitors ask during a visit to Chamizal National Memorial, but before you visit, your main questions might be "How do I get there?" or "What can I do?" Our trip planning pages can help answer your questions. We hope you'll visit soon and find out what our story means to you.