Further to yesterday's post:
Monarch was captured and brought to San Francisco in 1889 as part of a publicity stunt for William Randolph Hearst's Examiner, the "Monarch of the Dailies". His first four years in the city were spent in a cramped cage at an amusement park; it wasn't until 1894 that he was lowered into that concrete pit at Golden Gate Park. The bear lived over 22 years in captivity. After he died, Monarch was stuffed and mounted, and became part of a diorama replicating California's flag.
Today, the Bear Flag Republic has no bears, but you can still see Monarch – or what's left of him – at the California Academy of Sciences. Take the kids!
I wonder whether Delaware has a similar display for their flag.
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Monarch should be 'put to rest' in a proper fashion. What a shame!
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Hey! I'm a dirty old Japanese man, and I typed in "manga" "bears" "stuffing and mounting" and this isn't what I was looking for at all! I'm getting a new search engine!
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