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You Are Invited To The
San Gabriel Mission’s History Forum!
Saturday, October 2, 2010
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
San Gabriel Mission Museum
Paul Spitzzeri
Collections Manager, Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum
“Murder and Mayhem in Old San Gabriel”
Come and listen to an exciting talk about two notorious murders that took place in 1850s San Gabriel from one of Southern California’s noted and respected historians.
Verónica A. Gutiérrez Sermino
Ph.D. Candidate in Colonial Mexican History, UCLA
“Que mi cuerpo sea sepultado con el hábito de San Francisco: Nahua Women Negotiate Medieval Spanish Death Practices in 16th Century San Pedro Cholula, New Spain”
Stay and listen to a fascinating talk about native women in early colonial Mexico who requested to be buried in their local Franciscan church wearing the habit of St. Francis.
Moderated by John Macias, Ph.D. Candidate in History, Claremont Graduate University
This special event is FREE, but seating is limited.
Please reserve your seat by calling 626-457-3048 no later than October 1.
San Gabriel Mission Museum
427 S. Junipero Serra Drive
San Gabriel, CA 91776
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