Bronze plaque № 57101

Sonoma, CA, United States

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 fol

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