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On June 14, 1846, the Bear
Flag Party raised the Bear Flag on this spot and declared
California free from Mexican rule. Following the raising
of the American flag at Monterey July 7, 1846 by Commodore
John Drake Sloat, on July 9 the Bear Flag was hauled down
and the American flag raised in its place by Lieutenant
Joseph W. Revere, U.S.A., who had been sent to Sonoma
from San Francisco by Commander John B. Montgomery of
the U.S. Sloop-of-War Portsmouth.
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