San Gabriel – San Gabriel Mission’s History Day on Saturday, Aug. 7 will feature the

Annual History Challenge Contest scheduled between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Visitors only pay regular admission and will be given a contest entry form with questions. Answers will be in the self-guided tour brochure or on signs or displays.

People who answer 10 questions correct will receive a gift, and people who answer all 12 correct will receive a larger gift.

Also, there will be a surprise guest.

Participants can start after 11 a.m. and must be done by 2 p.m., although the contest is designed to be completed in about one hour.

Admission is obtained at mission’s gift shop and prices are free for age five and younger, $3 for youth age 6 through 17, $5 for adults age 18 through 61, and $4 for seniors age 62 and older.

Free self-parking is available on a first-come basis in the church lot at the intersection of Mission Road and Junipero Serra Drive in San Gabriel. The address is

427 S. Junipero Serra Dr., San Gabriel and the mission web site is www.sangabrielmission.net.

San Gabriel Mission was founded on Sept. 8, 1771 as the fourth oldest of 21 missions in California.  The Roman Catholic parish has more than 70 active groups in a language of either English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Tagalog (Filipino) or Chinese.

Since Aug. 7 also is the first Saturday of the month, there is Museum Saturday where the Ramona Museum of California History and San Gabriel Historical Society/Hayes House within two blocks of the mission, Old Mill in nearby San Marino and Juan Matias Sanchez Adobe in nearby Montebello will be open free between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Those museums appreciate any donation.