Historical Marker · No. 67
Serra Palm (Site)
San Diego, San Diego County · California
Erected by California Centennials Commission in cooperation with San Diego County Historical Markers Committee, dedicated September 2, 1950
California dedicated this plaque to a tree on September 2, 1950. The tree was cut down on June 6, 1957. The bronze calls it traditionally the earliest planted tree in California, and the word planted is doing the work, because fan palms were already growing in this state before anyone arrived to plant anything. San Diego People for Trees put date palms in on this ground in 1995 to stand where it stood. The plaque still points at a tree, and there is no tree.
What the plaque says
Serra Palm Traditionally the earliest planted tree in California. Directly in the rear, beneath the brow of the hill, lie the dead of the Sacred Expedition of 1769. Burial place of our first unknown soldiers. State Registered Landmark No. 67 Marker placed by California Centennials Commission in cooperation with San Diego County Historical Markers Committee dedicated September 2, 1950
Where it stands
32.75943, -117.19618 · Directions
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