Captain Juan Bautista De Anza
Founder of the City of San Francisco. Statue near Lake Merced.
The attached plaque reads as follows.
COMO HOMENAJE AL ILUSTRE SONORENSE QUE FUNDO LA CIUDAD DE SAN FRANCISCO Y CON EL PROPOSITO DE ESTRECHAR MAS AUN LAS RELACIONES AMISTOSAS ENTRE LOS PUEBLOS DE MEXICO Y DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESATADO DE SONORA, DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA, OBSEQUIO ESTA ESTATUA A LA CIUDAD DE SAN FRANCISCO. SIENDO GOBERNADOR DE SONORA EL LIC. LUIS ENCINAS GOBERNADOR DE CALIFORNIA EL H. RONALD REAGAN Y MAYOR DEL LA CIUDAD EL H. JOHN F. SHELLEY EN AGOSTO DE 1967.
AS A HIGH TRIBUTE TO AN ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORICAL FIGURE BORN IN SONORA, FOUNDER OF THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND WITH THE PURPOSE OF STRENGTHENING THE FRIENDLY TIES BETWEEN THE PEOPLES OF MEXICO AND OF THE UNITED STATES, THE STATE OF SONORA OF THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO PRESENTS THIS STATUE TO THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO THIS MONTH OF AUGUST OF 1967, AT WHICH TIME LIC. LUIS ENCINAS WAS GOVERNOR OF SONORA, THE HONORABLE RONALD REAGAN GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA AND THE HONORABLE JOHN F. SHELLY MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.
Captain Juan Bautista De Anza
Founder of the City of San Francisco. Statue near Lake Merced.
The attached plaque reads as follows.
COMO HOMENAJE AL ILUSTRE SONORENSE QUE FUNDO LA CIUDAD DE SAN FRANCISCO Y CON EL PROPOSITO DE ESTRECHAR MAS AUN LAS RELACIONES AMISTOSAS ENTRE LOS PUEBLOS DE MEXICO Y DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS, EL ESATADO DE SONORA, DE LA REPUBLICA MEXICANA, OBSEQUIO ESTA ESTATUA A LA CIUDAD DE SAN FRANCISCO. SIENDO GOBERNADOR DE SONORA EL LIC. LUIS ENCINAS GOBERNADOR DE CALIFORNIA EL H. RONALD REAGAN Y MAYOR DEL LA CIUDAD EL H. JOHN F. SHELLEY EN AGOSTO DE 1967.
AS A HIGH TRIBUTE TO AN ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORICAL FIGURE BORN IN SONORA, FOUNDER OF THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND WITH THE PURPOSE OF STRENGTHENING THE FRIENDLY TIES BETWEEN THE PEOPLES OF MEXICO AND OF THE UNITED STATES, THE STATE OF SONORA OF THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO PRESENTS THIS STATUE TO THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO THIS MONTH OF AUGUST OF 1967, AT WHICH TIME LIC. LUIS ENCINAS WAS GOVERNOR OF SONORA, THE HONORABLE RONALD REAGAN GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA AND THE HONORABLE JOHN F. SHELLY MAYOR OF THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.