I didn't know what to think
The plaque says Junipero Serra was born in 1713 in Petra, Mallorca and died in 1784 in Carmel, California. I had previously noted his name everywhere in California.....streets, freeways, parks, hills, and on and on. He is depicted here with a Juaneño Indian boy. I can't find anything that says he was ever in Cuba. My first impression was, I admit, colored by the more recent scandals in the Catholic church.
If you want a little history, the Wipipedia article has a lot of information. Serra was apparently one of those larger than life humans.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jun%C3%ADpero_Serra
Quick notes from Wikipedia: He was a Roman Catholic Spanish priest and friar of the Franciscan Order who founded a mission in Baja California and the first nine of 21 Spanish missions in California from San Diego to San Francisco, in what was then Alta California in the Province of Las Californias, New Spain. The declaration of Serra as a Catholic saint by the Holy See was controversial with some Native Americans who criticize Serra's treatment of their ancestors and associate him with the suppression of their culture
I didn't know what to think
The plaque says Junipero Serra was born in 1713 in Petra, Mallorca and died in 1784 in Carmel, California. I had previously noted his name everywhere in California.....streets, freeways, parks, hills, and on and on. He is depicted here with a Juaneño Indian boy. I can't find anything that says he was ever in Cuba. My first impression was, I admit, colored by the more recent scandals in the Catholic church.
If you want a little history, the Wipipedia article has a lot of information. Serra was apparently one of those larger than life humans.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jun%C3%ADpero_Serra
Quick notes from Wikipedia: He was a Roman Catholic Spanish priest and friar of the Franciscan Order who founded a mission in Baja California and the first nine of 21 Spanish missions in California from San Diego to San Francisco, in what was then Alta California in the Province of Las Californias, New Spain. The declaration of Serra as a Catholic saint by the Holy See was controversial with some Native Americans who criticize Serra's treatment of their ancestors and associate him with the suppression of their culture