Blog
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Unexpected Monuments: The Curious, The Offbeat, and The Daring
Over the years cemetery memorials across the U.S. have become more standardized. This is due in part to changing tastes, in part to cemetery regulations. Cypress Lawn has evolved […]
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Play Ball! at Cypress Lawn
We have at rest in our Memorial Park three important baseball personalities: one of the best players of all time, one of the most colorful managers, and the man who introduced […]
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Cypress Lawn Trivia: Match The Product With The Person
Some of the most important mausoleums and memorials at Cypress Lawn are built on the commercial fortunes of certain products. Can you connect the merchandise with the merchant? […]
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Cremation – A Burning Question
The modern trend of cremation began when the Queen’s personal surgeon created the Cremation Society of England. Germans built a substantial crematorium in 1878. Two years earlier, Dr. Francis […]
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Who Am I? At Cypress Lawn
There are people who have money and people who are rich. ~Coco Chanel
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Mosaic Tableaux at Cypress Lawn
The idea is to die young as late as possible. ~Ashley Montagu
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Splendor in the Glass
Tucked away in the sprawling Cypress Lawn Mausoleum located behind the administration building is some of the most magnificent stained glass in America, including 36,000 square feet of glass […]
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Famous Cypress Lawn Residents: How Did They Perish?
Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality….
~Emily Dickinson, 1863