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Statue of Junípero Serra
Artist	Maurice Loriaux
Year	1967 (1967)
Subject	Junípero Serra
Condition	in storage
Location	California State Capitol Museum, Sacramento, California, U.S.
Coordinates	38°34′36″N 121°29′28″W / 38.57669°N 121.49115°W / 38.57669; -121.49115
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. The statue was put in storage after demonstrators toppled it during a racial justice protest. In August 2021, legislators passed a bill to replace the statue with a monument to local Indigenous nations. The bill needs the signature of the governor to become law.

See also

• List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests

References

1. "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.
2. "Junipero Serra statue taken down by protesters at Capitol, CHP says". KCRA. 2020-07-06. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
3. "Father Serra Statue in Capitol Park". Calisphere. 1996. Retrieved 2021-09-16.
4. Anguiano, Dani (2021-09-15). "Archbishops urge California governor to save controversial statue of 18th-century priest". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-09-16.

External links

• Media related to Statue of Junípero Serra (Sacramento, California) at Wikimedia Commons

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