Hello!
As we've been saying: 2022 is the 150th anniversary of Emperor Norton's three newspaper Proclamations setting out the vision for what opened as the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge in November 1936.
Since the time of that opening, there have been Bay Area residents and Californians in every generation who have urged that the California state government bodies with the authority to name state-owned bridges like the Bay Bridge find a way to honor the Emperor by adding his name to the bridge that he called for.
At a Zoom talk on March 22nd, I will discuss a number of overlapping histories that take in:
- the Emperor's three "bridge Proclamations";
- the 20th- and 21st-century commemorative efforts arising from these Proclamations;
- the state of California's approach to honorary bridge namings; and
- the "Emperor Norton Bridge" naming opportunity in 2022
The talk is hosted by the Mechanics' Institute.
Please register!
Please come!
Please urge your friends to join you!
Cheers!
JOHN LUMEA
The Emperor Norton Trust
For more on The Emperor Norton Trust's bridge-naming project, see: