San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park

San Diego

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69
Established
1918

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The 1846 field where the Mexican-American War's bloodiest California battle was fought
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The December 1846 battle between Kearny's dragoons and Californio lancers was the war's bloodiest California fight, and the museum presents both sides' accounts deliberately. Battle Day each December reenacts it; the visitor center overlooks the actual field.

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Coordinates
33.091, -116.955

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