{"id":566,"date":"2025-11-07T18:32:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T02:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/?page_id=566"},"modified":"2026-03-02T11:56:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:56:23","slug":"silver-box","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/la2026\/silver-box\/","title":{"rendered":"On view in \u201cLife, Liberty, Los Angeles\u201d at The Autry Museum of the American West"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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\n Silver box owned by P\u00edo Pico\n <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
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The engraving on this box quotes the Roman poet Virgil who celebrated Republican values. The words reflected the importance P\u00edo Pico placed on personal liberty.<\/span><\/p>\n

The American Revolution inspired wars for independence across the Americas. In 1821, rebels in Mexico won Mexican Independence from Spain. Revolutionary fervor also swept the pueblo of Los Angeles. Born at Mission San Gabriel, Pico descended from the multiracial families that were part of Spain\u2019s colonization of California. In his twenties, Pico left the military to launch a political career. He became a spokesman for the belief that citizens, not the military or the church, created a nation.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Silver box owned by P\u00edo Pico, mid-19th century. Engraved with Latin quote \u201cA mind aware of what is right.\u201d Acquisition made possible by the Ramona Chapter, Native Sons of the Golden West, Autry Museum; 93.21.21<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\n\n \n \n \n\n View “Hmong Story Cloth.” \n <\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n View “The Creator.” \n <\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n View “Palace.” \n <\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n View “Sunday Afternoon in the Plaza de Los Angeles.” \n <\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n Calendar of all LA2026 Humanities Discussions. \n <\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n Return to “Life, Liberty, and Los Angeles” at the Autry Museum of the American West \n <\/svg>\n<\/a>\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":982,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-566","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOn view in \u201cLife, Liberty, Los Angeles\u201d at The Autry Museum of the American West - LA2026<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n