Los Angeles Drops Father Junipero Serra’s Name From Downtown Park

A statue of Father Junipero Serra stands in front of the San Gabriel Mission in San Gabriel, Calif., on Sept. 23, 2015. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—City officials announced on Oct. 11 that Father Junipero Serra’s name would be removed from a downtown park near Union Station for Indigenous People’s Day.

The city of Los Angeles replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous People’s Day in 2017.