Monterey >> The 28-star flag is raised during a partial re-enactment of Commodore John Drake Sloat’s return to Monterey, on Sunday at the 169th annual Sloat Landing Commemoration at Custom House ...

For the city of Monterey to portray our historic “1846 Sloat Landing” without any historical boats, landings or Commodore John Drake Sloat impersonations was, in my opinion, a sham ...

In July 1844, Terre Haute physician Dr. William Maxwell Wood was fleet surgeon for the Pacific Squadron commanded by Commodore John Drake Sloat with headquarters in Mazatlan, Mexico. Upon hearing ...