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Sacramento : Old Sacramento

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A tunnel leads between Old Sacramento and the Downtown Plaza (the major shopping mall downtown). In the tunnel, there is a large display of the faces of the historical figures deemed most important in Sacramento's history. The first faces in the mural are: Frank Fat (1904-1997), Restaurant Entrepreneur; Eleanor McClatchy (1895-1980), Publisher of The Sacramento Bee; Frank Durkee (1892-1983), Preservation Advocate and Redevelopment Agency Commissioner; V. Aubrey Neasham (1908-1982), Teacher and Historian; Mary Tsukamoto (1915-1998), Civil Rights Activist; and Ernesto Galarza (1905-1984), Author, Activist, and Teacher. I think I should note here that I have never read anything by Ernesto Galarza, who is the only author honored in this mural of Sacramento's history. Perhaps I should. Then again, if he were really *that* interesting, they probably wouldn't dare publicly honor him, would they?