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Sonoma Barracks was erected
in 1836 by General M. G. Vallejo. It became the headquarters
of the Bear Flag Party, which in June 1846 proclaimed
a 'California Republic' and raised the Bear Flag on Sonoma's
Plaza. Twenty-three days later, on July 7, 1846, Commodore
John Drake Sloat took possession of California for the
United States government. Stevenson's Regiment, Company
C, U.S.A., occupied the barracks in April 1847.
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