SANTA CLARA CAMPAIGN TREATY MEMORIAL PLAQUE
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Listing Details
Location: CIVIC CENTER PARK-EL CAMINO REAL AND LINCOLN STREET
City: SANTA CLARA
State: California
Zip Code: 95050
Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone
Year Dedicated: 1980
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR
Photograph By: LETICIA A. KOHALEN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
MARINE CAPT. WARD MARSTON, COMMANDER OF THE UNITED STATES EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, AGREED TO A TREATY HERE ON JANUARY 7, 1847. UNITED STATES FORCES WERE TO RECOGNIZE THE RIGHTS OF MEXICAN CALIFORNIANS AND TO END SEIZURE OF THEIR PERSONAL PROPERTIES.
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