President Venustiano Carranza, the 44th President of Mexico, stayed at 1108 North Flores St while in exile with his niece, Celia Carranza Cepeda de Trevino. The house was built in 1914 and was a central point in San Antonio in organizing the course of the Mexican Revolution and their plans for the future. Legend has it that he wrote part of the Constitution of 1917 at this address.

The home of Celia Carranza hosted many social and cultural events for powerful Mexicans that had been exiled. Guests to this home included Leonides Gonzalez, the general manager of La Prensa newspaper. La Prensa newspaper is still in existence today and reaches the Latino community in San Antonio on a daily basis.

President Carranza also served as the Primer Jefe, the First Chief of the Constitutionalists factions from 1914 to 1917. He also was elected and served as a Senator and Governor for Coahuila. President Carranza was assassinated during the Mexican Revolution in 1920.

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