File:Monterey Custom House flagstaff plaque.jpg

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The plaque at the base of the flagstaff on which Commodore John Drake Sloat first raised the United States flag in California, outside the Old Custom House in Monterey.

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English: The plaque at the base of the flagstaff on which Commodore John Drake Sloat first raised the United States flag in California, outside the Old Custom House in Monterey. The plaque reads:

California Department of Parks and Recreation

Site of original flagstaff where the American Flag was first raised by Commodore John Drake Sloat on July 7th 1846 taking possession of California in the name of the United States of America later ceded to America under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on February 2, 1848 Dedicated January 21, 1997 by California State Park Commission and Grand Parlor Native Sons of the Golden West

Funded by James A. Bailey Trust
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Author Harry Cutts
Camera location36° 36′ 12.15″ N, 121° 53′ 36.84″ W  Heading=250° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo


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