Hollywood
Tourist Stuff
HOLLYWOOD:
HOLLYWOOD
Celebrity Graves
At Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale
This place is huge! It is about 300 acres and has about 500,000 people buried there. It opened way back in 1906!
Glendale is right near Hollywood so there are lots of Celebrities laid to rest there. We took a picture of every celebrity grave marker that was accessible to the public. There are another 35 or so celebrity graves in private areas that they do not allow access to. Some of those are big names like Sam Cooke, Sammy Davis Jr., Larry Flynt, Charles Ruggles, William Wrigley Jr... Here are the 300 we were able to see:
Posted: November 2026
THE COURT OF DAVID
The Court of David
Michelangelo's David
Exact Reproduction
1939
David and Goliath
Ermenegildo Luppi Bronze Plaque
IN THE SHADOW OF THE CITY OF BETHLEHEM, THE ARMY OF ISRAEL STANDS DEFIANTLY BEFORE THE INVADING PHILISTINES. TRUMPETS HERALD DAVID'S GLORIOUS VICTORY, WHILE AN ANGEL HOVERS ABOVE, A SYMBOL OF THE DIVINE GUIDANCE OF GOD.
1939
Michelangelo Sculpting the David Statue
Ermenegildo Luppi Bronze Plaque
1504 A.D.- FLORENCE, ITALY - MICHELANGELO'S STUDIO. LORDS AND LADIES COMPRISING THE COMMITTEE OF JUDGES ARE ENRAPTURED BY THE MAJESTY OF "DAVID". THROUGH THE STUDIO WINDOW IS SEEN THE DOME OF THE CATHEDRAL OF SANTA MARIA DEL FIORE.
1939
The Twenty-Third Psalm
Ermenegildo Luppi Bronze Plaque
IN THIS PANEL, THE FAMOUS LUPPI INTERPRETS DAVID'S IMPERISHABLE PSALM: "THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, I SHALL NOT WANT..." DAVID'S INFINITE FAITH GUIDES HIM TOWARD THE HOUSE OF GOD, THERE TO ABIDE FOREVER.
THE COURT OF FREEDOM
The Court of Freedom
A REMINDER TO ALL AMERICANS OF THE BATTLES OF MIND AND WAR WHICH WERE FOUGHT TO ESTABLISH FREEDOM FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES. WITH GOD'S HELP, CAN THE AMERICANS OF TODAY DO LESS?
John Trumbull 's Declaration of Independence
Mosaic Reproduction of the Famous Painting
IT WAS JULY, 1776. SINCE THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON A YEAR BEFORE, VOICES FROM EVERY AMERICAN COLONY HAD DEMANDED A CLEAR DECLARATION OF FREEDOM FROM ENGLISH RULE. FOR THREE WEEKS THOMAS JEFFERSON HAD WORKED TO PUT INTO WORDS AMERICAN PURPOSE AND FAITH. FOR THREE DAYS THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS HAD DEBATED THESE WORDS, KNOWING WELL THAT ONCE THEY WERE SIGNED, EVERY MAN'S LIFE WAS FORFEIT. ON JULY 4, THE DECLARATION WAS ADOPTED, SUPPORTED BY A SOLEMN PLEDGE OF "OUR LIVES, OUR FORTUNES AND OUR SACRED HONOR".
- THIS MOSAIC REPRODUCTION OF TRUMBULL'S FAMOUS PAINTING IS 20 BY 30 FEET, THREE TIMES THE AREA OF THE ORIGINAL. IT CONTAINS NEARLY 700,000 PIECES OF GLASS, SOME ONLY 1/32 INCH, IN ABOUT 1,500 SPECIALLY BLENDED SHADES. THE ARTIST, NOTED FOR HIS PORTRAYALS OF COLONIAL AMERICA AND AMERICANS, FIRST PAINTED THE FACES ONE BY ONE FROM LIFE TRAVELLING HUNDREDS OF MILES TO GET THE LIKENESSES. THE RESULT IS A SERIES OF PORTRAITS, AS WELL AS AN ARRESTING MOMENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY
To inspire Americans of today by an example of the courage and faith of their fathers, Forest Lawn commissioned this reproduction.