Show ceremony marks centennial of flag raising MONTEREY 10 commemorate me the anniversary ot of first hoisting of the united states flag over california soil an historic flag raising calsing ceremony was held here the stars and stripes were first flown by corn com john D sloat at monterey years ago the flag was broken out on an exact replica ot of the pole of 0 monterey pine put up by bloats forces and it was erected in the same rock cairn that supported the original one 01 that mat and ana cairn recently were discovered discover edin in excavations at the old customs house A 40 year old tree from the del monte forest was selected to correspond with the measurements provided by col roger hoger S pitch fitch president ot of monterey history and art association and dr D T mae mac dougal of carmel retired director of carnegie institution and authority on history |