File:Bear Flag plaque, Sonoma, California.jpg

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Bear Flag plaque, Sonoma, California

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Plaque text: This monument was erected by the Native Sons of the Golden West and the State of California to commemorate the raising of the "Bear Flag on this spot June 14 1846 by the Bear Flag Party and their declaration of the freedom of California from Mexican rule. On July 9 1846 the Bear Flag was hauled down and the American flag here raised in its place by Lieutenant Joseph W. Revere U.S.A. who was sent to Sonoma from San Francisco by Commander John B. Montgomery of the U.S. Sloop of War "Portsmouth following the raising of the American flag at Monterey July 7 1846 by Commodore John Drake Sloat.

Date 12 June 2022 (according to Exif data)
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Author Gotrees4
Camera location38° 17′ 35.24″ N, 122° 27′ 24.85″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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