Los Angeles has conducted a Burial of the Unclaimed Dead since 1896.
Category: history
Jul 03
This Time Tomorrow: July 3, 1776
Today we hoist a Button Gwinnett for bittersweet but necessary departures.
Mar 07
Remembering Bart Sugarman
“It was one of the most gallant, generous, manly and disinterested Actions of my whole Life,” wrote Bart Sugarman, “and one of the best Pieces of Service I ever rendered my Country.”
Aug 28
50 Years Ago Tonight: A Killer Lineup, Plus the Beatles, at Dodger Stadium
A half century ago today, the other bands on the Beatles’ Dodger Stadium bill were just as interesting.
Jul 30
What’s A Few Sharks Between Bombs?
Great shipwrecks of the 20th century:
1. The U.S.S. Indianapolis
2. The Edmund Fitzgerald
3. Watership Down/The Ark of the Covenant
Nov 10
When the Edmund Fitzgerald Weighed Empty
I am of a generation of men who spent their childhoods thinking Gordon Lightfoot’s “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” was the most badass song ever (the ladies in-waiting included C.W. McCall’s “Convoy,” “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by the Charlie Daniels Band and, of course, Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man”). It was only later that …
Jun 29
June 29: Ichthyology Numerology
A lot of things happened on both Tinian and Amity Islands on June 29. Let us help you make some sense of it. Listen to “Show Me the Way to Indianapolis” by Fogelfoot If history is written by the victor, then we do not know whom to trust in the various official and unofficial written …
Jan 08
“Space Oddity,” “Major Tom,” “Ashes to Ashes,” “Hallo Spaceboy” — David Bowie, Peter Schilling
“I’ve never done good things. I’ve never done bad things. I never did anything out of the blue.”
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Limericks of Loss And Regret: International Cormorant Edition