Tuesday, November 8, 2011

The Rock

Alcatraz
 In 1969 American Indian activists seized the island and claimed it as Indian Land. This was an internationally-publicized political protest to focus attention on the plight of American Indians.













recreation area

 the hole
 prison library
 bomb damage from a riot
 I visited on a unbelievably beautiful day.  No wind, sunny and warm.  Apparently it is not the norm for San Francisco.
 first lighthouse on the west coast
 prison officials quarters

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