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January 22, 2020 by jillyandjerry

There were 21 missions in the territory that was referred to as Alta (Upper) California. The first, San Diego, was founded in 1769, the last, called San Francisco Solano, was founded in 1823. There were no missions north of Sonoma.

Mission San Luis Rey de Francia was considered the “King” of California missions because of its large size. The first known pepper tree planted in California is found here. Mission San Luis Rey de Francis is a retreat center today.

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after over 50 years of abandonment it has been fully restored.

the gardens, the roses had just been pruned and not blooming

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the cemetery

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the church

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colorful painting done on the walls. it didn’t say if this copied the original colors. this little book caught my eye. do you see the date.

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a little history of the mission

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as you know i love to visit the missions. we have only a few left we haven’t seen. i remember my 4th grade teacher, mrs. simpson, taught us all about the missions. then gave us homework to build one. i loved it. of course my mother helped me. now i hear things are changing. i don’t necessary agree with the new views because i loved learning about the mission and as a fourth grader didn’t care about all the political stuff. they were a part of our history and using sugar cubes and popsicle sticks to me was a way for it to stick in my mind and create an interest.

SAN GABRIEL (CBSLA.com) – It’s lesson-over for a long-running education project in Southern California.The fourth grade requirement to build models of California missions is on its way to the history books.The California curriculum framework adopted last year states: “Building missions from sugar cubes or Popsicle sticks does not help students understand the period.”

so sad we have to be so politically correct nowadays.

stay tuned

we’re going to visit a cat lounge in downtown long beach soon

jilly

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5 Responses

on January 22, 2020 at 4:34 pm Rosemary

Very informative!
I love the missions, too. My family visited many of them when I was growing up.
Thanks for bringing back those memories.
on January 22, 2020 at 4:54 pm Martha Bunch

OMG- my papier mache mission buildings with Popsicle stick trees and stick figure monks in burlap robes was a highlight of my childhood. And then the middle ages came along and had to make knight on horse out of toilet paper rolls- can life be any better! Loved the blog. We visited that mission 41 years ago with our camping buddies- I lit a candle there for more children and that year I got pregnant with Kristopher, whom we called Daphne Rose for 9 months, but that’s another story. I bought a rosary there also and still treasure it.
on January 22, 2020 at 5:35 pm amysmiley10

Wow! I remember learning about the missions and churches in school. I love the tiny model! 💘 Miss you guys!

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on January 22, 2020 at 5:52 pm jillyandjerry

i’m so glad to get comments that other people enjoy what i’ve written.
thanks all.
on January 23, 2020 at 12:50 am classysharon

I love the sense of history – the missions and the fourth grade.