Sunday Jan. 11, 2015: Historic 1847 Reenactment, Los Angeles

This Sunday in Los Angeles is the annual historic reenactment of the peace treaty that in essence handed Alta California over to the United States, at the Campo de Cahuenga.

Calendar of Events

Annual Reenactment of the Signing of the Articles of Capitulation

Sunday, January 11, 2015
12:30 p.m - 2:15p.m.
Free event; everyone welcome.

Campo de Cahuenga
3919 Lankershim Blvd.
North Hollywood 91601
(Across from Universal Studios)

Celebrate the 168th anniversary of the historic signing.

Time-travel back to 1847 for this momentous Living History event. Witness the proceedings "in the moment" in the surroundings of the very place where General Andres Pico and Lt. Colonel John C. Fremont placed their signatures on the document ending hostilities and bringing peace with honor between the American forces and Californios under Mexican Rule. Imagine the future, as Manifest Destiny was realized, California quickly gained statehood and all local peoples united as fellow Americans because of this momentous signing. On this spot, Butterfield Stagecoaches would soon stop, Civil War soldiers would later encamp and subsequent generations would have a front row seat for a burgeoning entertainment industry.


Campo de Cahuenga

Campo de Cahuenga | Our Annual Treaty-signing Re-enactment Event is Sunday, Jan. 11


Some photos taken a couple years ago...















Pico and Fremont exchange...









Canon was fired twice and every car alarm in the several blocks went off! The crowd was too big for me to get a photo of it being shot.





Mexican uniform...



American uniform...