California Locations:

No. 525 Sutter's Fort
July 11, 1846: Capt. John C. Fremont took command for a short period because of Sutter's relationship with the Mexican government and raised the 28 star
American flag, replacing the Lone Star flag, of the Bear Flag Revolt in Sonoma.
Location: Sutter's Fort State Historic Park, Sacramento, Ca.

No. XXX
flag on location, has not been discovered.

No. 1 Custom House
July 7, 1846: Commodore John Drake Sloat raised the American flag over this building to signal the passing of California
from Mexican to American rule.
Location: Monterey State Historic Park, Monterey, Ca.

No. 533 San Pasqual
Battlefield State Historic Park
December 6, 1846: The Battle of San Pasqual, one of the significant actions during the war. A detachment of 1st U.S. Dragoons under the command of Brigadier General Stephen W. Kearny was met by native California lancers under the command of General Andrés Pico.
Location: San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park, Escondido, Ca.

No. 151 Campo De Cahuenga
January 13th, 1847: The Treaty of Cahuenga was signed by General Andrés Pico, of Mexico, and Lieutenant-Colonel
J. C. Frémont, of the U.S. Army.
Location: 3919 Lankershim Blvd,
North Hollywood, Ca.

Fort Moore Pioneer Memorial
July 4,1847: Designated as Fort Moore, after Captain Benjamin D. Moore, who was killed in the Battle of San Pasqual. Captain Archibald H. Gillespie and the First United Stated Dragoons built a rudimentary barricade on the prominent hill overlooking Los Angeles in 1846.
Location: Hill Street, between Temple Street and Ord Los Angeles, Ca.

No. XXX
flag on location, has not been discovered.

No. XXX
flag on location, has not been discovered.

No. 152 Dominguez Ranch House October 8 - 9, 1846: Californians led by José Antonio Carrillo repelled United States forces under U.S. Navy Captain William Mervine, in an attempt to recapture the Pueblo of Los Angeles.
Location: 18127 S Alameda, Compton, Ca.

Flag Installations, 2004-6

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2004:
Installation Dates

June 14 (flag day) Campo De Cahuenga, North Hollywood, Ca.

June 22 Battle of the Old Woman's Gun, Rancho Dominguez, Ca.

July 4 (Independence Day) Battle of San Pasqual, Escondido, Ca.

July 7 (Sloat's conquest) Customs House, Monterey, Ca.

Installations NOT related to the Mexican-American War:

August 5 Manzanar, Independence, Ca.

September "LA Driveby #1" Ginza Kyubidou Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

November 17 XXX, Ca.

November 18 XXX, Ca.

2005:
*April 28 Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, Ca.

*May 22 Venice Canal, Venice, Ca.

June 11 Fort Sutter, Sacramento, Ca.

August 17 (California annexed into the U.S.) Fort Moore, Los Angeles, Ca.

2006:
January 7 (treaty signing) XXX, Ca.

January 9 (battle of L.A.) XXX, Ca. (replacement flag)

April 28 Fort Moore, Los Angeles, Ca. (repair)

No. 850 Manzanar Relocation Center
Executive Order No. 9066
issued February 19, 1942:
In the early part of World War II 110,000 persons of Japanese ancestry were interned in relocation centers. Manzanar, the first of ten camps, confined ten thousand people,
the majority of them American citizens.
Location: State Hwy 395 (P.M. 673)
South of Independence, Ca.

Manzanar (History 101)
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"Bridges"
in conjunction with the Venice Artwalk 2005
installation of "MD3" sculpture (59 star flag, 13 white "surrender" flags and steel tubing). Bergamot Station and Venice Canal Calif.

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Tokyo, Japan
September, 2004
Installation of a 59 Star Flag, with Video
(the flag was never returned, missing in action)

History 101

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" LA Driveby #1 "
Ginza Kyubidou Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
Artists: Richard Ankrom, Emily Counts,
Betsy Davis, Amir Fallah, Julia Latane,
Robert Nichols, Max Presneill, Ali Smith.
Raid Projects, Los Angeles, Ca.
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