MULE HILL MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone
Year Dedicated: 1950
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR
Photograph By: ELIZABETH RENICH
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
DURING THE BATTLE OF SAN PASQUAL THE AMERICANS COUNTER-ATTACKED OCCUPYING A HILL UNTIL DECEMBER 11, 1846. WHEN THE MARCH RESUMED THE MEN WERE SHORT OF FOOD AND THEY ATE MULE MEAT AND NAMED THE HILL “MULE HILL”.
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