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The Great Pandemic of 1918-1919: The U.S. & Global Story
The Invasion As World War I war rages on, Philadelphia throws a spectacular parade to promote the latest “Liberty Loan” bonds. Some 200,000 patriotic citizens jam the downtown […]
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Exciting Changes Ahead: Announcing the Acquisition of Olivet Memorial Park
By Terry Hamburg, Director of the Cypress Lawn Heritage Foundation Cypress Lawn has purchased Olivet Memorial Park, which includes a crematory and a funeral home. This acquisition will improve our […]
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James C. Flood
James Clair Flood 1939-2020. A Tribute. A member of the Cypress Lawn Cemetery Board of Directors for 31 years, “Jim” Flood passed away on February 22, 2020. He died […]
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Suffragists of Cypress Lawn
2020 is the centennial of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that granted voting rights to women. “Suffragists” is not a misspelling. People are more likely to […]
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Resting at Cypress Lawn: The Genius Who Conquered San Francisco’s Hills
Called “Hallidie’s Folly,” Andrew Hallidie certainly had the last laugh…all the way up the hill and to the bank. San Francisco is built on a terrain of steep hills. […]
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The Great Earthquake Coverup
“Everything you knew about the 1906 earthquake was a lie or an inaccuracy. If you repeat a lie long enough, it becomes the truth.” ~ James Dalessandro, San Francisco historian
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The Slot Machine King of Cypress Lawn
There are many people buried at Cypress Lawn who changed the world. Not the least is Charles Fey, who invented the slot machine. As a young man, he worked […]
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The Story of Laurel Hill “Pioneer” Mound
It was not by chance that when Laurel Hill Cemetery in San Francisco was ordered in 1937 by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to remove all its burials and […]
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The Headless Man of Cypress Lawn
His body is here. His head (skull) sits at the Warren Anatomical Museum in Boston. Phineas Gage is perhaps the most famous neurological patient in modern history, one of the “great […]
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The Most Potent Cocktail at Cypress Lawn
Widely served during the Gold Rush years and long thereafter, Pisco Punch was so potent that one writer of the day remarked that “it tastes like lemonade but comes back with […]