Los Angeles Mass Burial Garners National Media Attention
Yesterday’s mass burial of the ashes of 1,689 unclaimed and unidentified people at the Los Angeles County Crematorium Cemetary is generating headlines and coverage across the country. As it should.
The notion that so many individuals, deceased through the end of 2007, would have no next-of-kin or way of being properly identified is spookier than any Hollywood horror film. One of the more interesting perspectives on Wednesday’s event comes courtesy of D.J. Waldie at KCET.org. He notes the history of the practice in LA and how full remains were once involved.
Parts of northern downtown overlay the old burial ground on what was Fort Moore Hill.
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