Father’s Day

It’s hard to imagine a time when there wasn’t an official Father’s Day in America. Mother’s Day was created by Anna Jarvis in 1908 and […] Read More

Entrance Gates

It’s true! Back in 1932, four-year old Madeline Maypole stood outside Forest Lawn in Glendale and with the greatest of ease, moved 10,000 pounds of […] Read More

Memorial Day

It’s considered by most people to be the traditional beginning of summer. It‘s often marked with community parades, backyard barbecues, the Indy 500, and solemn […] Read More

Caterina

In the main western gallery of the mausoleum in the Staglieno Cemetery in Genoa, Italy stands a marble statue carved by a noted sculptor of […] Read More

Labor Day

Some 2,500 years ago, the great Chinese philosopher Confucius said, “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in […] Read More

The Yellow Flowers

In today’s Reflections blog, contributor John Mlynar shares his personal experiences on the impact of flowers at his dad’s funeral. My phone rang at my […] Read More

Everything in One Place

We have talked about the importance of planning ahead in a previous Reflections blog. Pre-planning is something that Forest Lawn believes in quite strongly and […] Read More

Los Angeles Institutions

The signs are all around us that fall is here. The days are getting shorter. The nights are cooler. Leaves are starting to change color. […] Read More

Control

The world is certainly an uncertain place. Watching or reading the news gives us daily doses of that fact. Turmoil in the Middle East. The […] Read More

Dia de Los Muertos

If the United States is the melting pot of the world, then Southern California is the melting pot of the United States.  Here in the […] Read More