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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. RLADYQ_130723_011.JPG: Historic La Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de Los Angeles Cemetery According to Catholic Church records, approximately 693 early residents of Los Angeles were buried in this cemetery. This memorial garden honors these early residents. Words surround this sacred place from the Spanish, English, Gabrielero-Tongva-Kizh, Juaneno-Acjachemen-Luiseno, and Cahuilla languages. I am part of the Ground, the Wind, and the Air Que Descanse en Paz Rest in Peace
2. RLADYQ_130723_038.JPG: This tablet commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of the erection of this church Our Lady Queen of Angels. Build in 1814 by the Franciscan fathers, restored and enlarged in 1912 Right Reverend Thomas James Conaty being bishop of Monterey and Los Angeles Gift of Knights of Columbus
3. RLADYQ_130723_162.JPG: Forced Removal of Mexican Americans during the Great Depression: Beginning in 1929, government authorities and certain private sector entities in California and throughout the United States undertook an aggressive program to forcibly remove persons of Mexican ancestry from the United States. In California alone, approximately 400,000 American citizens and legal residents of Mexican ancestry were forced to leave and go to Mexico. In total, an estimated 2 million people of Mexican ancestry were forcibly relocated to Mexico. Approximately 1.2 million of these people were United States citizens born in the United States. Throughout California, including areas in downtown Los Angeles near this monument, massive raids were conducted in Mexican American communities. These raids targeted persons of Mexican ancestry and indiscriminately characterized these persons as "illegal aliens" even when they were United States citizens or legal residents. These raids resulted in the clandestine removal of thousands of people, many of whom were never able to return to the United States, denied their right to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and the American dream in their country of birth. As publicly acknowledged by the California State Legislation in California Government Code 8722 (2005), the State of California apologizes to those individuals that were victims of this "repatriation" program for the fundamental violations of their basic civil liberties and constitutional rights committed during the people of illegal deportation and coerced emigration. Dedicated on February 26, 2012 at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
4. RLADYQ_130723_169.JPG: Church Cemetery History Restored: This cemetery was used most actively from 1822 to 1844 by La Iglesia de Nuestra-Senora de Los Angeles (La Placito Catholic Church). Since 1844, it has had multiple uses, including an orchard, a storefront building, and a parking lot. From 1960 to 2010 historical and archaeological reports stated that the cemetery was moved and that all remains were relocated. Construction on this site was under way in 2010 when human remains were discovered. At the request of the public, work was halted and the County of Los Angeles engaged in an extensive process to reinter all remains folloiwng the laws and regulations of both federal and state agencies and archaeological best practices. The County of LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes leadership consulted with representatives of the direct descendants of those likely buried in the cemetery, including the founders of Los Angeles, Native Americans, and with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Through this process, a plan was developed to restore the cemetery, design a memorial garden, and protect the site from future development. We remember and honor those who came before us. Ceremonies and services honoring ancestral connections to the earliest residents of Los Angeles who may be interred here may be arranged by contacting LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes. To view the known burial registry, please visit www.lapca.org
Wikipedia Description: La Iglesia de Nuestra Se�ora Reina de los Angeles
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La Iglesia de Nuestra Se�ora la Reina de Los �ngeles, or The Church of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels, is a historic Catholic church in the Los Angeles Plaza Historic District, in northern downtown Los Angeles, California.

History

The 'Church of Los Angeles' was founded on August 18, 1814 by Franciscan Fray Luis Gil y Taboada. He placed the cornerstone for the new church in the adobe ruins of the original "sub-station mission" here, the Nuestra Se�ora Reina de los �ngeles Asistencia (founded 1784), thirty years after it was established to serve the settlement founding Los Angeles Pobladores (original settlers). The completed new structure was dedicated on December 8, 1822. A replacement chapel, named La Iglesia de Nuestra Se�ora de los �ngeles - for Mary, mother of Jesus or "The Church of Our Lady of the Angels" - was rebuilt using materials of the original church in 1861. The title Reina, meaning "Queen," was added later to the name. For years, the little chapel, which collected the nicknames "La Placita" and "Plaza Church," served as the sole Roman Catholic church in emerging immigrant Los Angeles.
20th century

The facility has operated under the auspices of the Claretian Missionary Fathers since 1908.

The building was designated as one of the first three Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in 1962. It has also been designated as a California Historical Landmark.

Recent news

During the 1980s, the church called itself a sanctuary for refugees threatened with deportation to El Salvador. The sanctuary movement continues: On August 19, 2007, immigration activist Elvira Arellano was arrested outside the church and later deported to Mexico.
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