Mary OContrary
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Former El Toro marine base located near Irvine, CA, which closed almost 25 years ago, is now being transformed into the largest city park in the U.S.

The park will span 1,300 acres and include museums, an amphitheater, a veterans memorial garden, an aquatics center, a sports complex, and two lakes.
11:27 AM - Jul 12, 2023
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Susan A. Kitchens
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In response to Mary OContrary.
Also, Cal State Fullerton’s Oral History department has collected a whole bunch of histories of people who lived and worked on the base, or nearby.

I have only one memory from youth: sitting on blanket laid over uncomfortable dried grass to watch Blue Angel air show w my Dad and older brothers.
02:09 PM - Jul 12, 2023
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Mary OContrary
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I wonder if some of that history will be moved to a museum at the Great Park. Seems like it would be appropriate.

I remember when the marine base used to host the Blue Angels. They still fly here at nearby Huntington Beach.
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03:35 PM - Jul 12, 2023
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Susan A. Kitchens
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In response to Mary OContrary.
An exhibit created by COPH (Center for Oral and Public History that traced the land's history from before El Toro base (Japanese ag) and during.
Here are pp 4-5 of 2018-19 report with the story abt exhibit.
http://coph.fullerton.edu/...
04:07 PM - Jul 12, 2023
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Susan A. Kitchens
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In response to Mary OContrary.
Yes. Checking out COPH @ CSUF's site & newsletter. (lots of stuff around 2007-2016)
Screenshot p3 of Fall 2007 PDF: http://coph.fullerton.edu/...

More in issues from 2007-2019

(newsletter archive page: http://coph.fullerton.edu/... )
03:54 PM - Jul 12, 2023
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