[Noozhawk’s note: One in a daily series leading up to Old Spanish Days Fiesta.] Fiestas are a big part of life today, and these festive celebrations had their California start […]
David Bolton
David Bolton is in his 12th year as executive director of the California Missions Foundation, which was founded in 1998 to preserve the California missions, presidios and related historic sites and history. He has spent more than 30 years studying the missions, its peoples and culture, and is a past board member of the United States-Spain Council in Washington. In 2019, he was knighted by Spain’s King Felipe VI as a Commander of the Royal Order of Isabel la Católica. He was Santa Barbara’s 2023 Old Spanish Days El Presidente, and currently serves as Fiesta’s official historian as the organization celebrates its centennial in 2024. The opinions expressed are his own.
