In the past few years, there has also been
renewed interest in the St. Francis Dam
Disaster spurred by the efforts of Dr. Alan
Pollack and Dianne Erskine-Hellrigel to
make the St. Francis Dam site a National
Memorial to ensure that its victims are at
last properly recognized. It is also
anticipated that its passage will bring more
visitors to the Dam site on San Francisquito
Canyon Road and throughout the Heritage
Valley.
Numerous activities are planned throughout
March 2018. The objective is to provide a
wide variety of opportunities for both old
timers and newcomers to participate in,
many free or low cost. These are some of
the things being planned: special exhibits,
lectures and presentations by authors,
archeologists, and other researchers,
memorial dedications, prayer and memorial
services, stewardship events, dam site
tours, flood path bus tours, vintage train
tours, living history reenactments,
ecological tours and flood path hikes, a bike
event, walking and self-driving guides to
key locations, a dinner, film presentations,
and forums for storytelling and community
sharing. The complete list of activities is
available at Saintfrancisdam.com.
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