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Father Junipero Serra, O.S.F [statue]

Serra figure is standing in a boat (also part of the statue) with an inscription on the base reading, 'Here June 3, 1770, landed Very Rev. Father Juniperro Serra, O.S.F. and founded the following missions: San Diego, July 16, 1769, San Carlos Monterey, June 3, 1770, San Antonio de Padua, July 14, 1771, San Gabriel, Sept. 8, 1771, San Luis Obispo, Sept. 1, 1772, San Francisco de los Dolores, Oct. 9, 1776, San Juan Capistrano, Nov. 1, 1776, Santa Clara, Jan. 18, 1777, San Buenaventura, Mar. 21, 1782, and died Aug. 28, 1784, in San Carlos Mission, Carmelo Valley. 'As the Lord liveth, even what my God saith that will I speak,' 2nd Chron. 18th Chap. 13th Verse. This monument erected by Jane L. Stanford, in the year 1891. In memory of Father Junipero Serra, a philanthropist seeking the welfare of the humblest, a hero daring and ready to sacrifice himself for the good of his fellow beings, a faithful servant of his master.'

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