All California students study California Mission History in 4th grade and have been doing so for more than 60 years. I am no exception. Charles makes a very nice presentation. Watch for the volcanoes.
Mission-style architecture is repeated all over California, despite the volcanoes.
Mission-style architecture is repeated all over California, despite the volcanoes.
Unfortunately, when the missions were closed, most of the wealth that had been accumulated and held in trust for the Indians was lost. https://www.californiafrontier.net/secularization/ On March 18, 1865, President Lincoln signed an order returning the missions to the Catholic Church and the State of California, and today eighteen missions are owned and maintained by the Church as active parishes, while three are owned by the California Department of Parks and Recreation and are open to the public as state historic parks. Mission Dolores in San Francisco is the oldest building in the city. Part of Vertigo was filmed in the Mission Dolores cemetery. Its tiny burial ground was once part of a much larger cemetery, the final resting place of city founders, criminals, and thousands of Ohlone.
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