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Presidio of San Francisco

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(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]


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