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