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The Admission Day Monument is an 1897 sculpture by Douglas Tilden, located at the intersection of Market Street and Montgomery Street in San Francisco, California, United States. [1] It commemorates California Admission Day (September 9, 1850), the date on which the state became part of the Union, following the Mexican–American War of 1848.
The California Academy of Sciences is a research institute and natural history museum in San Francisco, California, that is among the largest museums of natural history in the world, housing over 46 million specimens. [ 3 ] The academy began in 1853 as a learned society and still carries out a large amount of original research. [ 4 ]
Francis Williams (c. 1690 – c. 1770) was a Jamaican scholar and poet who was one of the most notable free black people in Jamaica. Born in Kingston, Jamaica into a slaveholding family, Williams subsequently travelled to England where he officially became a British subject. After returning to Jamaica, he established a free school for free ...
The de Young is named for early San Francisco newspaperman M. H. de Young. The museum is accessible via public transit on the N Judah Metro line. The westbound 9th Avenue and Irving station is located about 0.5 miles from the De Young. The 44 O'Shaughnessy Muni bus and the Golden Gate Park Free Shuttle stop at the museum's entrance.
Main Post of the Presidio of San Francisco, as seen in 2018. The Society is currently headquartered in the Presidio of San Francisco. Pioneer Hall, which houses the museum and research library (open to the public on Fridays, the first Saturday of each month, or otherwise by appointment) is located in the historic Presidio Main Post at 101 Montgomery, Suite 150.
exploratorium.edu. The Exploratorium is a museum of science, technology, and arts in San Francisco, California. Founded by physicist and educator Frank Oppenheimer in 1969, the museum was originally located in the Palace of Fine Arts, and was relocated in 2013 to Piers 15 and 17 on San Francisco's waterfront.
Canada and Jamaica established diplomatic relations in 1962. Both countries are full members of the Organization of American States [1] and of the Commonwealth of Nations. [2] There are 231,000 people of Jamaican descent living in Canada. Jamaican-Canadians celebrate their island heritage through festivals held in major cities across Canada ...
Jamaican Canadians are Canadian citizens of Jamaican descent or Jamaican-born permanent residents of Canada. The population, according to Canada's 2021 Census , is 249,070. [ 2 ] Jamaican Canadians comprise about 30% of the entire Black Canadian population.