Bear Flag Monument - Sonoma, CA
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saopaulo1
N 38° 17.594 W 122° 27.408
10S E 547501 N 4238489
A monument dedicated to the Bear Flag Revolution.
Waymark Code: WM91ZN
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/15/2010
Views: 7
The piece is of a man holding a flag on top of a boulder with two relief plaques One plaque is on front and one on the back. The man's shirt has its sleeves rolled up. He holds a flagpole in his left hand and a hat in his right hand. On the relief plaque on the front of the base a grizzly bear stands on all fours on top of a shield with the crossed flags of the United States and California. On the relief plaque on the back of the base, men on horseback and on foot raising the bear flag.
The front plaque reads: "This monument was erected by the natives 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" following the raising of the American Flag at Monterey July 7, 1846 by Commodore John Drake Sloat. Sonoma was once the Sonoma County seat but no longer holds that honor."
TITLE: Bear Flag Monument
ARTIST(S): MacQuarrie, John A., 1871-1944, sculptor. L. De Rome Foundry, founder.
DATE: 1914. Dedicated June 14, 1914.
MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS CA000917
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Located Corner of East Spain & First Street East, Sonoma, California
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
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