#FatherJuniperoSerra
Great news! That super-creepy statue of #FatherJuniperoSerra—one of my home state’s first European Colonizers who led a reign of terror on Indigenous people here —has finally been removed. For nearly my entire life, this Blight loomed above HWY280 near where I grew up. www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
26-foot-tall Bay Area freeway icon removed after 50 years
The statue of Junipero Serra was made of concrete and steel.
www.sfgate.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
PS: I grew up in a #WestOfTwinPeaks middle-class neighborhood in which #JuniperoSerraBlvd was one of the main thoroughfares: not until college at SFStateU did I learn the full, terrible true history of the “Mission System” that #FatherJuniperoSerra help establish across #NorCal in the 18th Century🥺
October 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM