Presidio of San Francisco
 Presidio of San Francisco(Military base, National Park)     | |
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| Former military installation connected to serial killers and child abuse. |
The Presidio of San Francisco, or just Presidio (originally: "El Presidio Real de San Francisco" - The Royal Fortress of Saint Francis), is a park and former U.S. Army post on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in San Francisco, California.
History
It had been a fortified location since September 17, 1776, when New Spain established the presidio to gain a foothold in Alta California and the San Francisco Bay. It passed to Mexico in 1820, which in turn passed it to the United States in 1848. As part of a 1989 military reduction program Congress voted to end the Presidio's status as an active military installation of the U.S. Army.[1] In 1994 it was transferred to the National Park Service.
1980s day care abuse
Allegations of child abuse/rape at the day care center of the Presidio started in 1986,[2][3] which involved Michael A. Aquino.[4] This happened at a time when about ten percent of child care centers of the U.S. Army worldwide had similar reports about such abuse happening in their facilities.[5] People who have investigated this case believe that it has been covered up.[6]
References
- ↑ https://www.nps.gov/prsf/learn/historyculture/post-to-park.htm
- ↑ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-11-mn-846-story.html saved at Archive.org
- ↑ https://apnews.com/article/b6377fb5aceb98a9b0fe99ab978213cc saved at Archive.org
- ↑ https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/957/139/2044/
- ↑ Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan, 09 Nov 1987, Mon, page 44 saved at Archive.is
- ↑ http://cavdef.org/w/index.php?title=Presidio_child_molestation_case saved at Archive.org saved at Archive.is
