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1. GLEN_020606_03.JPG: Jean Hersholt. The sign says: "Danish by birth, American by adoption, citizen of the world. Through his love for all mankind, famed as an actor, best known as kindly Dr Christian... Writer and translator of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales. Benefactor to his profession through the Motion Picture Relief Fund, Motion Picture Country House and Hospital, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences... Honored at home and abroad for his cultural and philanthropic contributions to the world. Here in remembrance of him, is Kloos Hans, an original statue by Edvard Eriksen inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen tale of the boy who went forth into the world to win a princess and a kingdom... A fitting tribute to a great and warm-hearted humanitarian. Friends here and abroad erected this memorial."
2. GLEN_020606_06.JPG: The Builder's Creed
3. GLEN_020606_09.JPG: A mosaic of the signing of the Declaration of Independence
4. GLEN_020606_10.JPG: Another statue to George Washington. The links in front are the chains that crossed the Hudson River by West Point to keep the British out during the war. (They might be replicas of the links since everything else is a replica of something else here.)
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Wikipedia Description: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale
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Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a privately-owned cemetery in Glendale, Los Angeles, in the United States. It is the original location of Forest Lawn, a chain of cemeteries in Southern California (termed "memorial parks" by the company). The land was formerly part of Providencia Ranch.

History:

Forest Lawn was founded in 1906 as a not-for-profit cemetery by a group of businessmen from San Francisco. Dr. Hubert Eaton and C. B. Sims entered into a sales contract with the cemetery in 1912. Eaton took over the management of the cemetery in 1917 and is credited as being the "Founder" of Forest Lawn for his innovations of establishing the "memorial park plan" (eliminating upright grave markers) and being the first to open a funeral home on dedicated cemetery grounds. Eaton was a firm believer in a joyous life after death. He was convinced that most cemeteries were "unsightly, depressing stoneyards" and pledged to create one that would reflect his optimistic, Christian beliefs, "as unlike other cemeteries as sunshine is unlike darkness." He envisioned Forest Lawn to be "a great park devoid of misshapen monuments and other signs of earthly death, but filled with towering trees, sweeping lawns, splashing fountains, beautiful statuary, and ... memorial architecture" A number of plaques which state Eaton's intentions are signed "The Builder."

Most of its burial sections have evocative names, including Eventide, Babyland (for infants, shaped like a heart), Graceland, Inspiration Slope, Slumberland (for children and adolescents), Sweet Memories, Vesperland, Borderland (on the edge of the cemetery), and Dawn of Tomorrow. Packages for burial cover a wide spectrum of prices.

Statuary and art:

The six Forest Lawn cemeteries contain about 1,500 statues, about 10% of which are reproductions of famous works of art, in various locations. Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper has been recreated in sta ...More...
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