Speaker. perhaps no chamber in this great Capitol is more replete with historical significance than Statuary Hall. There stand in honored glory the statues of those who have framed and molded the spiritual. military. social. and political history of these United States. One among them I would like to cite for recognition by this body. The 250th anniversary of his birth is being commemorated this year. I refer. of course. to the immigrant Franciscan friar who left an inextinguishable mark on what is now the State of California. Father Junipero Serra. Junipero Serra. the son of Margarita Ferrer and Antonio Serra. was born in Petra.
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