By Linda McIntosh | Contact Reporter – SanDiegoUnionTribune.com – Photo Not Credited | Courtesy.
Photo: The Rincon del Diablo Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution scrubbed and polished the marker denoting the San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park where the bloodiest California battle occurred during the Mexican-American War in 1846.
The chapter and the San Diego DAR District XIV had donated and replaced the plaque in 1993 and placed it in the original 1924 marker. Liza Pille-Speacht, chapter regent, spearheaded the project to “recognize the sacrifices that Revolutionary War, Civil War and present-day American troops have made.” The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in 1890 to promote historic preservation, education and patriotism.
