Items · Monuments and Memory in San Diego

Cabrillo National Monument

This is the front of the Cabrillo National Monument located in Point Loma.

Back of Cabrillo National Monument

This is the backside of Cabrillo National Monument.

Speaker at 1942 Celebration

Unknown speaker delivers message during 400th anniversary of Cabrillo's arrival in San Diego

Cabrillo Monument at Navy Training Center

Here you see observers standing near the Cabrillo monument surrounded by the chainlink fence outside the Navy Training Center

Cabrillo National Monument

Asakawa children and mother

A Wide Shot of the Grounds at the Japanese Friendship Garden

Cherry Trees in Bloom at the Japanese Friendship Garden

An Introduction to the Inamori Pavilion | JFG Features

Fountain with Japanese Tea Pavilion in background

Woman in Front of Tea House Pavilion

SF Japanese Tea Garden

Original Cabrillo Statue

This is the original Cabrillo Monument located in Ensenada, Mexico.

Map of Cabrillo's 1542 Expedition up the North American West Coast

This is a map of the exact route that Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo took from Mexico up the coast to California in 1542.

Map of Distance between Original Cabrillo Monument in Ensenada and Replica Cabrillo Monument in San Diego

This is a map of the distance between the two Cabrillo Monuments. The original is located in Ensenada, Mexico. The replica is located in San Diego, California.

Cabrillo Statue Plaque

This is a summary of the Cabrillo Statue and tells of how the original monument was replaced.

A Proclamation

A Proclamation, by the President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower titled "Enlarging the Boundaries of the Cabrillo National Monument, California"