Statue of Junípero Serra (Sacramento, California)
| Statue of Junípero Serra | |
|---|---|
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| Artist | Maurice Loriaux[1] |
| Year | 1967 |
| Subject | Junípero Serra |
| Condition | in storage |
| Location | California State Capitol Museum, Sacramento, California, U.S. |
| Owner | California State Parks |
A statue of Junípero Serra in Capitol Park, near the California State Capitol, in Sacramento, California, was installed from 1967 until 2020.[2][3] The statue was put in storage after demonstrators toppled it during a racial justice protest. In August 2021, legislators pass a bill to replace the statue with a monument to local Indigenous nations. The bill needs the signature of the governor to become law.[4]
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- ^ "Notable Monuments and Memorials in and around Capitol Park | Father Junipero Serra - Dedicated: April 7, 1967 by the Native Daughters of the Golden West, Native Sons of the Golden West, and the People of California". Historic State Capitol Commission. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Junipero Serra statue taken down by protesters at Capitol, CHP says". KCRA. 2020-07-06. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Father Serra Statue in Capitol Park". Calisphere. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
- ^ Anguiano, Dani (2021-09-15). "Archbishops urge California governor to save controversial statue of 18th-century priest". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
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Media related to Statue of Junípero Serra (Sacramento, California) at Wikimedia Commons
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- Monuments and memorials in California
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