Taking Posession of California
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 THE JAMES A BAILEY TRUST