David K
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Campo de Cahuenga Historic Re-enactment Jan. 14, 2018 11:30 am
Edit: Max and I can't make it, bummer!
Once again, author and El Camino Real bell historian Max Kurillo, and I, will be at the Campo de Cahuenga event in Los Angeles.
We will have a table full of books about Baja and Alta California missions for sale and Max usually has several of his El Camino Real souvenir bells
from the early 1900s, too!
This event is right across the street from Universal Studios:
3919 Lankershim Blvd
Studio City, California 91604
Read more about the event and get directions from their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/campodecahuenga/
Also: http://www.campodecahuenga.com/
Photos from a previous year's event:
Pico and Fremont exchange...
Canon was fired twice and every car alarm in the several blocks went off! The crowd was too big for me to get a photo of it being shot.
Mexican uniform...
American uniform...
Max and the colonel...
Inside the museum...
General Andres Pico
Lieutenant Colonel John C. Fremont
Campo de Cahuenga adobe
One of two glass cases containing the bells on loan from Max Kurillo, my co-author
Our table
[Edited on 1-14-2018 by David K]
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Nice cannon!!!
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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David K
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It's quite loud! When the fire it off, many car alarms go off. Hope to see some L.A. area Nomads there a week from today! 'Mothership' (Mando) of L.A.
Bay fame is a regular attendee and 'Agua Dulce' was another Nomad I met there.
Max has published several info booklets on Alta California missions this past year in addition to his newest books about all the Franciscan California
missions (and he correctly names San Fernando de Velicatá as the first, not San Diego) along with his new El Camino Real and the bells edition, plus
more!
At 87, Max is a treasure... past guest on Huell Howser's California Gold TV shows and frequent lecturer on the mission bells of California.
Here is the first edition of that book, which has been for sale for years:
The new edition features many historic maps showing the route of El Camino Real through California from the early 1900s, mid-1800s, and the 1700s.
I will have copies of my 2016 book, now in its fourth printing with a couple of updated photos and notes, and copies of Mike Humfreville's 'In the
Shadow of the Volcano' (new, uncirculated) and Tom Miller's 'The Baja Book III' as well as a few other classics!
I think Max has a few copies remaining of these...
Next Sunday!
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Time for Mr. Dressup again....I remember playing "guns and war" when I was a kid....
I like the pic of the Baja Off-road vehicle...2 horsepower with posi-trak....
Don't believe everything you think....
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Dk,
I hope you will get into the spirit of the event and dress up as a missionary!
Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
Prefered gender pronoun: the royal we
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Friar Kier has a nice ring to it.
[Edited on 1-7-2018 by Howard]
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
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FYI....the painting of Frémont is in uniform showing his Civil War rank of Major General
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David K
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Cute idea... but no, I am not part of the re-enactment or a member of the historical society there. Max Kurillo (my publishing business partner and
co-author in 2012 (The Old Missions of Baja & Alta California, 1697-1834) has been a long time attendee selling his bells and books there and that
is how I came to attend this event starting in 2013. We missed one year only since then because of bad weather.
Thank you for your interest... or should I say, Bless you my son?
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David K
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What a good eye!
If I see get a chance to chat with any of the museum people or historians, I will bring that point up! Maybe there is no pre-civil war painting of
him?
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Rank insignia for a Lieutenant Colonel of that time period should be a silver oak leaf on the shoulder straps
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What a good eye!
If I see get a chance to chat with any of the museum people or historians, I will bring that point up! Maybe there is no pre-civil war painting of
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David K
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Sadly, Max is not able to travel and this is primarily his event. Let's hope for next year.
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This must be the famous reenactment that memorializes the invasion of California by the USA that led to the "acquisition" of California, Colorado,
Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona. Mexico is probably proud there is a "baja" (loosely termed) page promoting this event.
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The reenactment celebrates the peaceful transition of power by the Californios in Los Angeles.
This land was simply claimed by Spain with only a string of missions along the coastal corridor as a means of occupation. Mexico won its independence
(on the mainland of today's Mexico) in 1821. The Californias (Baja & Alta) were still Spanish and even attempts by British (using Chilean Navy
ships and crew) were made to harass the few Spanish soldiers in Baja California in 1822.
I guess the point is the land should be run by the majority of people who are there or by what they want. Alta California (like Texas) was rapidly
being occupied by American pioneers and the young government of Mexico was simply not providing security or services. California had wanted
independence from Mexico after 1822 and before 1847, when the treaty was signed at Campo de Cahuenga as a welcome to have protection by American
forces.
Mexico didn't give up easily and killed many of the American forces at San Pasqual. The museum there (near The San Diego Zoo Safari Park) is an
excellent display of the events there... http://www.militarymuseum.org/SanPasqual.html
American forces did occupy Baja California with a large base at La Paz as well as San José del Cabo and a locally famous battle at Mulegé, but
during the treaty to end the war, the U.S. did not force the need to keep the peninsula. Baja California would be returned to Mexico even though the
people of La Paz wished it not. Many Mexicans in La Paz who feared for their lives were given asylum in Alta California by the U.S.Navy.
America is a land for all people who want freedom and opportunity, after all.
Mexicans have been trying to get into the United States ever since, legally or otherwise. Sounds to me like the land the U.S. acquired in 1848 was a
good thing for Mexicans. Baja California (as part of Mexico), did not get a single paved road from north to south until the end of 1973.
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I guess that is why it is called the Mexican American WAR and the Manifest Destiny.
for your education.....http://www.history.com/topics/mexican-american-war
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