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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: February 12, 2013
Caption: Landing of Commodore John Drake Sloat Commemorative Tree
Additional Description: (This plaque is beneath another nearby Redwood Tree)
This Redwood tree planted July 4th, 1966 by Monterey History & Art Association in commemoration of the landing of Commodore John Drake Sloat at Monterey on July 7, 1846, and raising the American flag over the Custom House, formally taking possession of California for the United States.
Submitted: February 19, 2013, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p234664
File Size: 3.567 Megabytes

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