<Li> Old Customhouse (Monterey, California): The Monterey Customs House, over which the American flag was first permanently raised in California, was a landmark that Native Sons determined should not disappear if within the power of the Order to prevent it . The property belonged to the United States Government, but the Native Sons obtained a lease of the buildings and grounds and restored them in the early 1900s . The lease was ultimately transferred to a State Commission appointed under a legislative act passed in 1901 which act also carried an appropriation for further restoration of the building . </Li> <Li> Colton Hall, Monterey: Native Sons were instrumental in 1903 in securing a legislative appropriation for necessary repairs on Colton Hall . It was within this building in September 1849 that the convention convened which drafted the Constitution under California was admitted into the Union . </Li> <Li> Mission San Antonio de Padua, Alta: Mission San Antonio de Padua was founded on July 14, 1771, the third mission founded in Alta California by Father Presidente Junípero Serra, and site of the first Christian marriage and first use of fired - tile roofing in Upper California . The first attempt at rebuilding the Mission came in 1903, when the California Historical Landmarks League began holding outings at San Antonio . "Preservation and restoration of Mission San Antonio began . The Native Sons of the Golden West supplied $1,400 . Tons of debris were removed from the interior of the chapel . Breaches in the side wall were filled in ." </Li> <Li> Bear Flag Monument, Sonoma: "For many years, the site in Sonoma Plaza where the bear flag originally had been raised went unmarked . Largely through the efforts of the Native Sons, the legislature appropriated $5,000 for a monument to be placed there . The Native Sons raised $500 to prepare the site, put on dedication ceremonies, and to move the huge rock that serves as the pedestal from a mile away ." The piece is listed as a California Historical Landmark . </Li>

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