Cemetary Tour Photo


Bob Foster


Japanese Woman

  "History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illuminates reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life, and brings us tidings of antiquity." --Cicero  


Programs and Events

Upcoming Programs and Events:
Annual Historical Cemetery Tour
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Tours begin between 9:00 am and noon
Tickets available on the morning of the tour
Sunnyside Cemetery
1095 E. Willow Street
Long Beach CA 90806

Past Programs:

July, 2002 "Harry Bridges Speaks." A Chautauqua presented by The Harry Bridges Project.
March 10-15, 2003 "The Day Long Beach Quaked: The Earthquake of 1933."
June, 2003 "The Pike," A Slide show and Presentation by Dr. Lionel Gatley.
February 27, 2004 "Traveling the Trans-Siberian Railroad."
March and April 2004, "Long Beach Heroines."
Summer 2004, Poly Community Interracial Committee Project and Oral History Program.
March, 2005 Earthquake Program
April, 2005 “Tell Me Your Story”
September 16, 2005, “See, Sip & Savor” neighborhood home tour.
October 2005, Annual Historical Cemetery Tour.
October 2006, Annual Historical Cemetery Tour
May 2007, See Sip & Savor
May 2007, Annual Meeting at the historical Insurance Exchange Building
August 2007, Balboa Films Under the Stars Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times
October 27, 2007 Annual Historical Cemetery TourDecember 18, 2007 through February 29, 2008, North Long Beach Photo & Artifacts on Exhibit in main gallery
March 8 – May 18, 2008, Smithsonian The Way We Worked Photo Exhibit in the main and south galleries
June - October 2008 during Street Fairs and First Friday Art Walks, Long Beach Works Dramatizations,

 
     
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