Bronze plaque № 57108

Sonoma, CA, United States

Sonoma Barracks Erected in 1836 by General M. G. Vallejo. Headquarters of Bear Flag Party which on June 14, 1846 proclaimed a "California Republic" and raised the Bear Flag on Sonoma's plaza. Twenty three days later, July 7, 1846, Commodore John Drake Sloat, representing the United States government

, took possession of California. In April 1847 Stevenson's regiment, Company "C," U.S.A. occupied the barracks.

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