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“Comrades, Rest, Your March is Done!”: Decoration/Memorial Day in Los Angeles, 1876-1880

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 25, 2026
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Treading the Boards Among the Black Pioneers of Los Angeles County: Callender’s Georgia Minstrels Perform in the Angel City, February 1879

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on February 14, 2026
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“I’ll Try and Make the Best of It and Tell You About Our Xmas”: Reading Between the Lines in a Letter from Annie S. Field to Benjamin F. Field, 26 December 1886

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 26, 2025
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The Evolution of Christmas: Holiday Observations in Los Angeles Newspapers, 1871

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 16, 2025
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“We Find Yankee Enterprise Engrafted Upon What Remains of the old Conquistador Heroism and Energy”: The Celebration of the Los Angeles Centennial, Los Angeles Herald, 4 and 6 September 1881, Part One

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 4, 2024
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Jewish Pioneers of Orange County: A Deed from Jacob Ross to Max Reinhaus, 11 May 1878

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  • Posted on May 11, 2024May 16, 2024
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  • “The Oil of Consolation Was Poured Upon the Troubled Waters of Many Mourning Souls”: Some History of the Old Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1856-1896, Part Five
  • “In a Beautiful Locality, But It Is the Picture of Neglect”: Some History of the Old Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, 1856-1896, Part Four
  • “Boys Placed Under Normal Circumstances Will Become Normal Men”: Some Early History of Boys Republic, Chino Hills, 1910-1917, Part Three
  • “Taking Youngsters Just Turned Toward Waywardness Along the Straight and Narrow Path”: Some Early History of Boys Republic, Chino Hills, 1910-1917, Part Two
  • “To Make of Them Good, Industrious, Honest Citizens”: Some Early History of Boys Republic, Chino Hills, 1910-1917, Part One

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