Friday, January 25, 2008

NOHO HISTORY of CALIFORNIA

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• CANNONS ROAR in NOHO
Campo de Cahuenga
January 2008
TREATY RE-ENACTMENT







Witness the proceedings "in the moment" in the surroundings of the
very place where General Andres Pico and Lt. Colonel John C. Fremont
placed their signatures on the document ending hostilities and bringing
peace with honor between the American forces and Californios under
Mexican Rule. Imagine the future, as Manifest Destiny was realized,
California quickly gained statehood and all local peoples united as
fellow Americans because of this momentous signing




(there are 3 firings of the cannons)
a film by Video Louis Elovitz
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