CARY ADAMS TELLS LA HERITAGE VISITORS ABOUT THE CAMPO

CHERISHING OUR VALLEY          2013

 

Cary Adams of the San Fernando Valley represents the Campo de Cahuenga Memorial Historical Association during the highly successful LA Heritage Alliance day. Cary introduced visitors to the historic Pico House in the City's Plaza, to Campo's importance to American and Californian history. Thanks Cary for protecting and promoting our Valley's history and culture.

MESSAGE FROM LA HERITAGE ALLIANCE

Dear L.A. Heritage Day Participating Organizations-
Congratulations on your efforts to make L.A. Heritage Day a huge
success! Each of your groups added to the energy that brought out over
850 attendees (though some would estimate closer to 1000!) that
visited the Heritage Square Museum's grounds. We had two informative
panel discussions that drew over 30 participants, and though it may
have been a bit windy, the rain subsided and the day was welcoming to
all attendees!

Based on the initial feedback found on the surveys and in
conversations from you, participating groups found the event very
positive, and we will build on the things that made this event
successful to host another, even better event next year! For example,
based on the inspiration of booths like those of Alhambra
Preservation, Point Fermin Lighthouse, and MANY others, we'll be
offering a resource sheet on how to set up an "outreach booth" as well
as offer prizes for the best booths next year! (Look for more
information later in 2009 on that aspect of the day.)

A special thanks again goes out to my fellow steering committee
members -- Carmela Gomes of Highland Park Heritage Trust, Laura Meyers
of West Adams Heritage, Cindy Olnick of The Los Angeles Conservancy,
Brian Sheridan of Heritage Square Museum, and Valerie Yaros of
Hollywood Heritage -- and the L.A.H.D. sponsors: Project Restore,
Preservation Arts, and Spectra Company.

The L.A. Heritage Alliance will continue to update you with news and
resources and provide programs to assist your organizations based on
the feedback from the survey forms you all completed. Volunteers,
Fundraising, Marketing, and Web Presence continue to be the stand-out
issues of need, so look for programs and tips in the near future on
these topics. Also, please keep in touch with us with other needs your
organization might have that we can work on together as the heritage
community of Los Angeles.

Planning starts again soon for next year's L.A. Heritage Day, so if
you're interested in being a part of this growing event, please let me
know so we can start working together to preserve and promote our
shared Los Angeles heritage!

Sincerely, JOHN

John Bwarie,
Coordinator,
L.A. Heritage Alliance
laheritage.blogspot.com

MUSEUM'S POSTCARD TREASURES - A BIG HIT AT L.A. HERITAGE ALLIANCE DAY

2009 - The Year of Valley History
Special thanks to Fred Berk, Librarian of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley, and to Gary Fredburg, Vice President of The Museum for acquiring the vintage postcards and creating the special display for L.A. Heritage Day on March 22. The display was so effective that The Museum's booth was never empty during the 5 hour exhibition
Historic Postcard Display - Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley - photo by John Bwarie 2009 (click on image to enlarge)

Street at Heritage Square by Fred Berk 2009. (click on image to enlarge)

Jerry Fecht, president of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley, mans The Museum's booth on L.A. Heritage Alliance Day. It was a cold, windy day, so we placed the historic postcards display flat on the table.

Thanks to Richard Hilton for purchasing, and setting up the canopy over The Museum's display. More than 35 visitors to our booth signed up to learn about future walking tours of The Museum. People were amazed to learn about the NoHo historic area of Los Angeles.

Museum Development Director, Michael Stevens provided brochures about The Museum for our successful time at Heritage Square.

The San Fernando Valley, in the heart of the Creative Center of the World, deserves a great Museum of history and culture.

LA HERITAGE DAY WAS A HUGE SUCCESS!

Pacoima Wash - Gift by Gary Fredburg to the historic postcard collection of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley (click on image to enlarge)

The San Fernando Valley and all of Southern California salutes the L.A. Heritage Day Steering Committee for the Second Heritage Day on March 22, 2009 on the grounds of the Heritage Square Museum. Special thanks to John Bwarie of the L.A. Heritage Alliance, and to: Camela Gomes of the Highland Park Heritage Trust, Laura Meers of the West Adams Heritage, Cindy Olnick of the Los Angeles Conservancy, Brian Sheriday of the Heritage Square Musuem and Valerie Yaros of Hollywood Heritage.

Thanks Heritage Alliance for offering The Museum of the San Fernando Valley and our partners in The Economic Alliance the opportunity to be a part of this outstanding event!