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4 SUNDAY. May 2002 THE OAKLAND TRIBUNE JO. LOCAL-3 cKS Mountain View Cemetery traces its Civil War dead PREPARATION FOR MONDArS Mountain View Cemetery Memo- na I Today Landmarks FOOO BAZAAR Tho 4toi mud Mahodbl Oudi food bnr h- 1 -M ihuuii ra nm noon to 4 pjn, 1710 Crtton St. out the grounds. A section for CMl War veterana was set Ongoing least 240 Civil War soldiers came to be burled there.

hlatoiy docent Dennis Evanosky baa searched the archives for tnformatton on the holidays origins. There are two anecdotes relating to how the first Memo-. rial Day came about, he says. One version Involves die Hanghtw rf fallen nfflrw who died at Gettysburg Emma Hunter of Boalsbuig began placing flowers on her Earners gwe In Gettysburg Cemetery In 1864. Soon other townspeople took up the Idea of decorating paves and at some point a slgn was placed along the road Into town: Ttecuouig An American Village Birthplace of MemorlalDay.

Coaly bhd ra MnQO of many spooks of 9a midrt and iri-griapnr Mtafnd on Ida Maitt north MM, 330 pjn. B52 Bahwn Aw. OA- fc creek la running un ft cgmiArrsTJi n. Today derground through this section, and many of the headstones are sinking or have disappeared. At this point, we can find only 200 of the stones, says Dennis.

With help from the local GAR. chapter and other unteen, Dennia has cataloged the names of those interred, and Identified and uncovered Stu- JUS fadad goodi aid Mi cut (own for ato nh or rtn 10 ml to 2 pun. Broodwy Ml Entaakrab 9W3ZNL Ongoing Mrtngi Ml aoufctns L-Pi at-- a qMI IH MKMi TWim IbHdly to Stojrdby, 11 am. to jun. At-mat Gda Bmabwfc Odfcnd, i i EXHBmON Ths Wbmaft Grar Msouna OMr mmSi DM HwC HMng nd Hops, Mandw to IhundSyi 9 am.

to 3 SoLntay, noon to 4 pjn. 3QB3 Shoes Anb. Balatoy, 5fS99BL' 1307. -fELEPHANT ART Edddkin of point toga by AMn doptanfc Batatay Ait Mu-aun Ml Mb Hm ArcNva, 2B25 Durant t-CUUmjRE-ExhMfanalTapiSal Ohfocb: Dario ha Mondby to AfctoV, 7 am to pjii. Griay BEL EBB (tyCMmtkHMiaaoaL -J0PPI STUDIOS Ro Alto addrifoa lfm to 5 pun.

hm 481 Nh 0 topi 7639C5 cr an ta Wfe proatogohr- V-W MONOFRN1S KM Ait hUtoto pm wm ini woranpuy Monopnr Tmtoya to fifchm noon to S3) pun; noon to 430 pjn, 1080 Hdc die practice started when four Soudiem widows from Columbia. (near die site of the Battle of Shfloh) scattered flowers not only over the graves of Confederate dead (nearly 1.500 casualties), but the oaves of some 100 Union soldiers burled there aa Evanosky's research reveals the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), a veterana organization, decided to Incorporate the concept of honoring both sides of the conflict, establishing a Decoration Day service at Arlington National Cemetery an May 30, 1868. In time each of die states officially adopted the May 30th date for Memorial Day pbaerv-. ances, and as other service personnelgave their lives in subsequent wan, they too were honored. Aa a Mountain View history docent, Evanosky (who began volunteering In 1995), has taken a partteular Interest In die Civil War burial area of die cemetery.

In 1863, aboard of directors. Including Dr. Samuel Merritt and Anthony Chabot, came together to es- tabllah a garden cemetery In the nearby foothills, at the time some 2K miles outside of Oakland. Subscriptions at $25 each were sold, entitling the purchaser to a plot at least mlddk school class at HlH-crest School are conducting research on diose burled In the plots. The students are looking to see If they can team where the soldiers came from originally, what tegmenta they served In and what battles; when they came to California and what they did once they got here.

The student project results will soon be posted an the school district's Web site. Dennia is hoping individuals or groups, such as the Boy Scouts, will come forward to help with replacing and reset- Hug Ito rinrnngprf fanpHnfanffy, We are also Interested to collecting moreinfbnnatlon on die Individuals buried here. If anyone knows something we hope they will contact us. Dennis' Web site, www.oak-landhistory.com, contains Information an the history of Mountain View Cemetery. After Mondays 10 ajn.

memorial services there will be a rial CMl War tour. Reg- free tours are at 10 ajn. MJUU JUtMY OF of the Republic members Corky Reed (left) and Bob Maerdtan describe their CMJ War uniforma to a Hillcrest School class during a recent tour of Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland. Visit us on the Web at vvvtwarievspapersjGom rW Today wiiaimasb iSEDE; 4Ei 3iE5 EDUCATIONAL FORUM A gawd nwafng aid ftss tachn ynnmml by too ftiondi of Nqa Sprtuoto WM Oritond. Safer Gator, 230 to B30 pjn, 1724 Today PEACE WALK1 Ua MariB NrigNxM for Phos hsd a wooMy ask I Lria Matte 3 pjn, nan to 9a cot tobwan Grand and Utotom iar NatoM 880 and Grand Isla 0,7899712.

DBTORS ANONYMOUS Mtodng 9 pun. Mfc Cator, 2712 TSogroph ALE PHOTO A 11309 Memorial Day observance took place at the Civil War ptot in Oakland's Mountain View Cemetery. i tl BahMft KIR 82990091 OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS -Mtoring lor pagdi ate flompuUafc 7 toJsm.MmdaaHouM 3089 Hows St, OM(fl64B09L on die second Saturday of every month. The tours last about 2M hours.The number to call fbr toformation la 658-2588. To contact Dermis directly, call 772-5209.

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