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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Yerba Buena

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

On this day in 1846, the United States raised the American flag in the central plaza of San Francisco, claiming U.S. settlement. In honor of America's taking of the city previously named Yerba Buena, here is a view north from atop the Golden Gate Bridge in 1955: http://ti.me/12gCktu

(Photo: Nat Farbman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

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