Junipero Serra – Corner Office Shaikh

A People’s History of Alta California and the Bear Flag Republic

It is ironic that in the National Statuary Hall, in Washington DC, there stands a statue of Junipero Serra amongst the statues of Revolutionary fighters and thinkers. Considering that Father Serra represents everything that the revolutionaries were fighting against, it is all the more remarkable how the frontier was treated in drastically different ways. California is inContinue reading “A People’s History of Alta California and the Bear Flag Republic”

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What’s In a Name?

While reading Junipero Serra: California’s Founding Father by Steven W. Hackel, I ran across several explanations of names in Spanish (Catholic), (religious) culture. It was reminded me of my own experiences with my “name.” I also was fascinated by the fact that Junipero Serra was not his original name, and why California’s founding father chose thisContinue reading “What’s In a Name?”