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FILE PHOTO: CINDY YAMANAKA, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERAnne Scholz, president of the National Society United States Dauqhters of 1812, hands the fiaq to Haley Zimmerman at the grave of her great-qrandfather, Ezra Benedict Kellogg, In 2012.0. Memorial Oay got me thinking about those who have left us - and are hopefully in a better place.What is the story behind the Anaheim Cemetery, and Is anybody famous buried there?- Larry Danbury, AnaheimA. Sorry 1 didn’t got to your question before Memorial Day, Larrv,W * W *but this being the week of that important American holiday, I thought I’d take a look at yourquestion.The Anaheim Cemetery is historic and a final resting place for manv who served in the mil-Witary - more than 500 veterans, according to cemetery documents.Surrounded by neighborhoods, the 15-acre cemetery at 1400 E. Sycamore St. was founded in 1866 - shortly after theWfounding of Anaheim itself.It is one of t hree historic cemeteries under the care of the Orange County Cemetery District; El Toro and Santa Ana are the others. The district was formed in 1085 to care for the aging plots of land that had fallen into disrepair.As to whether anvbodv fa-•r #mous is buried at the Anaheim Cemetery, t hat depends on what vou mean by famous.The website findagrave.comlists only Thomas Henry KuchelW ' was a notable person who rests atAnaheim Cemetery.Kuchel. who lived from 1010 to 1991, was a U.S. senator from California, appointed hv Gov.Earl Warren to fill the vacancywleft by Richard Nixon, when he was elected vice president inRut many more people withstrong significance to Anaheim,of course, are buried there. Many pioneers to this city are honored with large monuments and other markers.A walking tour is offered. On that tour, you can see the Kraemer Monument, where Samuel and Angelina Yorba Kraemer are buried.The Kraemer Building waserected in downtown Anaheimin the 1920s. It was the tallest building in north Orange Countyat the time and is a rare part of the city’s historic downtown still standing.The Community Mausoleum is a marble structure and said to be the first mausoleum built on the West Coast, dating to 1914.And check out Koenig’s Angel, dedicated to William Koenig, an original Anaheim colonist and the only experienced grapegrower/winemaker of the bunch. The tour notes that the angel has been damaged over the years, but the goal is, when money allows, to restore it.There are 56 veterans of theCivil War buried here.And Mr. Anaheirn can tell youfrom his experience as a reporter that, in June 2012, cemeteryofficials hosted a ceremony to honor Ezra Benedict Kellogg, a veteran of the War of 1812. He isbelieved to be the oldest veteranburied in Anaheim.The Anaheim Cemetery is open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Information:occtmettrydlstrlct.com0. You wrote about tht Ducks recently. When did they stop being Mighty?- Shelly Petersen, AnaheimA. True Ducks fans will tell you that the Ducks have never stopped being mighty. But if you mean when Mighty was dropped from the name, it wasin the 2006-07 season.When the Ducks were founded in 1993, they were owned by Disney, which, of course, had a very successful hockey movie franchise in the The Mighty Ducks.When the team was sold to the Samuelis in 2006, Mighty was dropped from the name. But the team actually became more mighty on the ice. That was the same year that the Ducks captured the sport’s top prize, the Stanley Cup.Another reader asked a non-Anaheim hockey question about the origin of the term “the Habs for the Montreal Canadiens. I couldn’t resist looking that one up because, well, I’d never heardit.Apparently, the nickname for the Canadiens is a reflect ion of Montreal's French roots and is short for “les Habitants.Think of them to Montreal as what the colonists were to Anaheim.See, you can find an Anaheim connection - or at least an analog)’ - in just about any topic.
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