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The flag goes up over the Custom House
1846
Custom House Plaza, Monterey, California
Jsweida · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Commodore Sloat landed a shore party, read a proclamation and raised the flag over the customs house, taking California for the United States without a shot fired in the town. The building is the oldest government building on the coast and California's first historic landmark, numbered one.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: historic site
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