Presidio of San Francisco
Park and former U.S. Army post on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in San Francisco, California, and is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
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San Francisco
Commercial and cultural center in the northern region of the U.S. state of California.
San Francisco was founded on June 29, 1776, when colonists from Spain established the Presidio of San Francisco at the Golden Gate and Mission San Francisco de Asís a few miles away, both named for Francis of Assisi.
Sixth United States Army
Theater army of the United States Army.
Sixth Army returned to the United States in 1946, and was headquartered at the Presidio of San Francisco.
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Struck by a major earthquake with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme).
An offshore epicenter is supported by the occurrence of a local tsunami recorded by a tide gauge at the San Francisco Presidio; the wave had an amplitude of approximately 3 in and an approximate period of 40–45 minutes.
Juan Bautista de Anza
Born in the Spanish province of New Navarre in Viceroyalty of New Spain.
Pressing on, Anza located the sites for the Presidio of San Francisco and Mission San Francisco de Asis in present-day San Francisco, California on March 28, 1776.
Industrial Light & Magic
American motion picture visual effects company that was founded on May 26, 1975 by George Lucas.
ILM originated in Van Nuys, California, then later moved to San Rafael in 1978, and since 2005 it has been based at the Letterman Digital Arts Center in the Presidio of San Francisco.
San Francisco National Cemetery
San Francisco National Cemetery is a United States national cemetery, located in the Presidio of San Francisco, California.
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
U.S. National Recreation Area protecting 82,116 acre of ecologically and historically significant landscapes surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area.
The park is as diverse as it is expansive; it contains famous tourist attractions such as Muir Woods National Monument, Alcatraz, and the Presidio of San Francisco.
Base Realignment and Closure
Process by a United States federal government commission to increase United States Department of Defense efficiency by coordinating the realignment and closure of military installations following the end of the Cold War.
Presidio of San Francisco
Western Defense Command
Established on 17 March 1941 as the command formation of the United States Army responsible for coordinating the defense of the Pacific Coast region of the United States during World War II.
WDC headquarters were co-located at the existing Fourth Army headquarters at the Presidio of San Francisco.
Irvin McDowell
Career American army officer.
In this capacity he constructed a park in the neglected reservation of the Presidio, laying out drives that commanded views of the Golden Gate.