Forest Lawn Cemetery plants beauty to attract visitors
Glendale June 30 One of Southern California s liveliest spots is Forest Lawn Memorial Park a cemetery and tourist draw. With 300 statuary filled acres it welcomes about 1 500 000 visitors yearly and supports 800 staff making it a 55 million memorial to 67 year old Dr Hubert Eaton who turned the cemetery into a garden like resting place after 1917 bringing art and serenity to mourning families.
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Hal Boyle
Glendale
Calif
California
America
Hollywood
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Hubert Eaton
the Builder
Eaton
Forest Lawn Cemetery Expands into Mega Memorial Complex
A long overview of Forest Lawn with a child heart cemetery babyland and a vast statuary collection. It notes 200 statues and 50 stained glass windows drawing up to 500000 visitors annually. The piece lists notable interred figures and the cemetery's goal to become a Westminister Abbey of America while forecasting space limits and plans for another larger site.
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Forest Lawn
America
Garden of Life
Eaton
Westminister Abbey
Gutzon
Carrie Jacobs Bond
Marie Dressler
Flo Ziegfeld
John Gilbert
Edna May Oliver
Lon Chaney
Russ Columbo
Tom Mix
Wallace Reid
Charles Ray
Ruth Roland
Chic Sale
Ben Tu
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