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DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, November 18 for a tour of\nEvergreen Cem
 etery\, one of Los Angeles' oldest\ncemeteries.  This event is free but re
 servations are\nrequired by calling 213-229-8890 or sending an e-mail\nto 
 rsvp@socalstudio.org\n\n"Evergreen Cemetery"\n\nTime: 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a
 .m.\nDate: Saturday\, November 18\, 2006\nLocation: 204 Evergreen Avenue\,
  Los Angeles 90033\nMeeting Place: At the front agates off of Evergreen\nA
 venue. Park around the cemetery. \n\nLed by Resident Storytellers\, Steve 
 Goldstein and Joe\nWalker\, this tour explores one of Los Angeles' oldest\
 ncemeteries. Built in 1877\, Evergreen existing cemetery\nin the city of L
 os Angeles\; it is one of the city's\nlargest cemeteries\, with 300\,000 g
 rave sites. City\npioneers like the Workmans\, Hollenecks\, and Van Nuys\n
 families are buried here as well as lesser known but\nequally fascinating 
 Los Angelenos. The cemetery also\nhas a special section called the Garden 
 of the Pines\,\nwhich memorializes Issei pioneers of Los Angeles. 19\nth c
 entury midwife Biddy Mason\, a slave who earned her\nfreedom through the C
 alifornia courts\, is also buried\nhere. \n\nSteve Goldstein was born in B
 oston\, Massachusetts\,\nwhere he developed his love of cemeteries at a ve
 ry\nearly age. Moving to Southern California at the age of\n18\, he contin
 ued and studying and began his vast\ncollection of photographs of the grav
 es of what he\ncalls "The Famous\, the Infamous\, and the Just Plain\nDead
 " that make up his as-yet unpublished book\,\n"Beneath Los Angeles." The c
 ollection has become a\nfavorite website for many over the past eight year
 s at\nwww.BeneathLosAngeles.com and has led to Mr. Goldstein\nbeing freque
 ntly interviewed\, including the Los\nAngeles Times\, the Orange County Re
 gister\, KABC AM\nRadio\, NPR and many other media venues.\n\nJoe Walker i
 s a Crime Analyst with the Los Angeles\nCounty Sheriff's Department and ha
 s been with the\ndepartment since 1986. In that capacity\, he has worked\n
 numerous patrol stations and special unit assignments\,\nincluding Robbery
  and Homicide. In 1995-1996\, he\nassisted best selling author James Ellro
 y\, (L.A.\nConfidential\, Black Dahlia). His most recent work was\nas a co
 ntributing writer to the five volume series\,\n"Famous American Crimes and
  Trials" published in\nDecember\, 2004 by Greenwood Publishers. Walker wro
 te\nabout the 1942 "Sleepy Lagoon" murders in Los Angeles\nand the subsequ
 ent "Zoot Suit." Most recently\, he is\nassisting the National Center for 
 Missing and\nExploited Children in the 1957 case of Tommy Bowman. \n\n\nSh
 aron Sekhon\nDirector\nthe Studio for Southern California History\n\n525 A
 lpine Street\, Suite 103\nLos Angeles\, CA 90012\n213-229-8890\n<a href="h
 ttp://www.socalstudio.org">http://www.socalstudio.org</a>\n\n"The real voy
 age of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in\nhaving new
  eyes."  --Marcel Proust\n\n
SUMMARY:Tour of Evergreen Cemetery\, Los Angeles\, CA
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