STATE OF CALIFORNIA BATTLES OF SAN PASQUAL MEMORIAL (MISSING PLAQUE)
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR
Photograph By: MICHAEL BURKE
Submitted By: MICHAEL BURKE AND "VETERANS MEMORIALS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY"
THE PLAQUE WAS PRIED OUT OF ITS SETTING BY THIEVES PRESUMABLY TO SELL FOR SCRAP. IN PART IT READ:
“THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HONORS WITH THIS MONUMENT THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF BRIG. GEN. STEPHEN W. KEARNY, CAPTAIN ABRAHAM R. JOHNSON, CAPTAIN BENJAMIN C. MOORE, EDWARD F. BEALE, U.S.N. AND KIT CARSON, THE SCOUT, GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE BATTLES OF SAN PASQUAL BETWEEN THE AMERICANS AND MEXICANS DECEMBER 6-10, 1846.”
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