Sunday, June 24, 2007

midsummer in san juan bautista, ca

The sign reads:
MISSION CEMETERY
BURIED IN THIS SACRED GROUND IN UNMARKED GRAVES ARE ABOUT 4300 MISSION INDIANS, SPANISH AND PIONEER SETTLERS.
THIS MISSION'S FIRST OFFERING TO GOD MARKED WITH THE SIGN OF THE HOLY TRINITY WAS A CHILD, MARIA TRINIDAD, BURIED APRIL 23, 1798. FR. JOSE MARTIARENA OFFICIATED.

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