Plaza, San Diego Viejo (Washington Square) California

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Plaza, San Diego Viejo (Washington Square)

Old Town Plaza (Washington Square), Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, San Diego, CA , USA

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This plaza was established as the center of the Mexican Pueblo of San Diego which elected its first ajuntamiento in 1834. On July 29, 1846, at 4 p.m., Lieutenant Stephen C. Rowan, U.S.N., from the U.S. sloop-of-war Cyane, raised the American flag over the plaza.

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