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DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday, September 9, 2025 as we celebrate our diversity, 175th 
 California Admission Day. \n\n"California’s early history is too often 
 neglected in schools and among our citizens,” according to Governor Jerry 
 Brown, who vetoed legislation back in 1976 seeking to eliminate the 
 official holiday of California Admission Day. \n\nIn 1984, Governor 
 Deukmejian signed legislation eliminating the traditional observance of 
 Admission Day in favor of an optional “personal” holiday. \n\nToday, we 
 should reconsider and reflect deeply upon teaching how and why California 
 became the 31st state, as part of the Compromise of 1850, with broad 
 consideration of how to celebrate equity and inclusion as we plan for our 
 175th Anniversary. \n\nIf we begin the conversation reflecting upon 1845, 
 at the dawn of the Mexican American War, the preparation to impose the 
 doctrine of Manifest Destiny by expanding the United States from “sea to 
 shining sea” sharpened the political divide over expanding chattel 
 slavery in the vast open lands of Mexican Alta California. \n\nThe initial 
 action of the Bear Flag Revolt in June 1846 and dawn of the California Gold 
 Rush January 1848 helped facilitate a delicate economic and political 
 balance during the California Constitutional Convention in 1849 required 
 for an official petition the US Congress for statehood. \n\nThe Compromise 
 of 1850 resolved a contentious debate of rapid expansion throughout the 
 western frontier by offering a short-lived balance continuing support for 
 “America’s Peculiar Institution.” \n\nSenator Henry Clay of Kentucky 
 successfully brokered a multipronged Congressional legislative package, 
 with the support of Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, that allowed 
 California to become the 31st state, strengthen the U.S. Fugitive Slave 
 Act, establish the Utah territorial government, settled a boundary dispute 
 between Texas and New Mexico, while beginning an end to “chattel slave 
 trade” within the District of Columbia, Washington. \n\nJoin us as we 
 build a renaissance of California Admission Day.\n\nCalifornia History 
 comes alive with a renewed examination of documented debates, discussions 
 during the California Constitutional Convention that created the original 
 1849 California State Constitution at Colton Hall, Historic Monterey is 
 fundamental to restoring an educational value to an annual celebration of 
 September 9, 1850. \n\nTogether, we can quantify if any ongoing impacts of 
 early systemic disenfranchisement and exclusion by early California 
 Legislative, Judicial and Executive authority remain. \n\nOur esteemed late 
 California State Librarian Emeritus, Dr. Kevin Starr, shared a detailed and 
 elevated notion of inclusion and diversity essential for appreciating our 
 unique California mosaic tapestry worthy of elevated scholarship and 
 historic preservation. \n\nWhy not also include the heritage and 
 significant contributions made by people of African ancestry throughout the 
 California experience beginning prior to Spanish exploration and conquest 
 in 1535, Mexican Independence in 1821 and the California Bear Flag Revolt 
 in 1846 on the journey to California statehood? \n\nWe continue the 
 journey, this 175th Annual California Admission Day, seeking to expand 
 consideration toward sharing authentic contributions of all Californians on 
 the path towards California Admission Day.\n\nTogether, we “seize the 
 day,” and request official collaboration between our libraries, archives 
 and museums to utilize delicate official State of California records and 
 rare primary source documents. \n\nWhen we highlight the promise of 
 inclusion and diversity, essential to learning from historic challenges to 
 maximize today’s opportunities expanding our competitive advantage 
 throughout the Great State of California.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/07/14/18877988.php
SUMMARY:2025 California Admission Day - West Steps, California State Capitol
LOCATION:West Steps - California State Capitol\nDowntown Sacramento, CA 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/07/14/18877988.php
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