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[sf-caco] Fwd: Lee Houskeeper-100th Commemoration of San Francisco's 1906
Quake
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Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 02:41:57 EST
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Subject: Lee Houskeeper-100th Commemoration of San Francisco's 1906 Quake
To: NewsService@aol.com
MEDIA ADVISORY
March 2, 2006
Media Contacts:
Lee Houskeeper, San Francisco Stories: (415) 777-7400
PJ Johnston, San Francisco Rising: (415) 260-8417
Producer: Taren Sapienza (760) 720- 9154
SAN FRANCISCO TO MARK 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF GREAT QUAKE AND FIRE AT LOTTA’S
FOUNTAIN
Traditional Ceremony To Honor Over 12 Survivors (ages ranging from 100 to 104)
The Highlight Of The Centennial Commemoration Will Be The Sounding Of Every
Fire Engine Siren And The Ringing of The City's Church Bells At 5:13 AM (the
time that disaster took place on April 18, 1906
SAN FRANCISCO – The 100th Annual Commemoration of San Francisco's 1906
Earthquake and Fire that almost destroyed one of America's greatest cities will
take
place April 18 at Lotta’s Fountain, at 5:13 a.m.
The event will be followed by a survivor-and-media-only breakfast served
exactly as it was that fateful morning at the Historic Westin St. Francis Hotel.
The Lotta’s Fountain commemoration is being presented as part of the City and
County of San Francisco's official 1906 centennial series – San Francisco
Rising.
What: The 100th Annual 1906 Great San Francisco Earthquake & Fire
Wreath Laying and Commemoration
Where: Lotta’s Fountain
Market Street at the junction of Kearny, Third and Geary
San Francisco, California
The Lotta’s Fountain event will be followed immediately by an original-menu
breakfast for survivors and members of the media at the Weston St. Francis
Hotel, 335 Powell Street
When: 4:30-5:30 a.m.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
More than a dozen survivors of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
from all over the nation – who by definition are at least 100 years of age –
have indicated their desire to gather EARLY MONDAY MORNING at 5:13 AM on April
18
– the exact moment the quake struck – at Historic Lotta’s Fountain for the
traditional commemoration, honoring those who perished with the laying of a
wreath on the famous San Francisco landmark.
Lotta’s Fountain served as the communication point for thousands of deeply
worried San Franciscans looking for news of their families and homes after the
devastation. The 100th commemoration at Lotta’s Fountain will honor the
survivors of the 20th Century's most notorious natural disaster and those hearty
folks who rebuilt "the Paris of the West" from ashes.
More than 200 members of the fraternal "South of Market Boys" – who, nearly
to a man, were survivors who lost members of their families, friends and loved
ones – began the tradition of honoring those who perished, along with those
brave and hearty souls who rebuilt San Francisco from the ashes in 1919, by
placing a wreath on the venerable Lotta’s Fountain.
Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown painstakingly restored Lotta’s
Fountain to its exact original grandeur in 1998.
This year the survivors will be joined by Mayor Gavin Newsom, San Francisco's
police and fire chiefs, thousands of San Franciscans (many dressed in vintage
clothing), as well as members of the Salvation Army, Red Cross and the
Mayor's Office of Emergency Services.
The most dramatic moment of the commemoration comes after the survivors are
seated on the stage adjacent to the fountain. A moment of silence at exactly
5:13 a.m. is followed by the eerie and woeful sound of sirens from scores of
vintage fire trucks, police cars and San Francisco's finest emergency vehicles,
followed by the traditional wreath laying by the Mayor and the singing of "San
Francisco" (made famous by the 1936 movie of the same name featuring Clark
Gable and Jeanette Macdonald).
Mayor Newsom will interview many of the survivors from the stage.
Following the commemoration the survivors will enjoy a recreation of the
original breakfast served at the historic Westin St. Francis Hotel 100 years ago
(for members of the media and survivors only).
See’s Candies Shops Inc. and the Mayor's Office of San Francisco are
cosponsors of the event.
MEDIA PLEASE NOTE: Invitations to the breakfast will be handed out by event
organizer Taren Sapienza (760) 720-9194 and memorial press agent Lee Houskeeper
at the John's Grill pre-event survivor dinner on Monday, April 17. For more
information, contact Lee Housekeeper at (415) 777-7400.
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