All events are at the Torrance Historical Society & Museum unless otherwise noted.

Torrance Historical Society & Museum
1345 Post Avenue (at Cravens)
Torrance, CA 90501
310-328-5392

Free, on-street parking is available on Post and Cravens within steps of the Museum.

Events in 2010

Names on the Wall Project
Volunteer Opportunity Honors Vets

The Torrance Historical Society Board persists in its project to gather and preserve the too-short life story of each of the 146 Torrance military personnel who gave their lives in service to country. Using the scant information from local public records, the Society provided study guides and enlisted the help of the local high schools. During the Spring school semester of 2008, students at North and Torrance High Schools collected information on some of those listed on the Memorial Wall at Torrance Civic Center.

Much remains to be done to achieve the objective. Help is needed. Michael George, Society Board member and Reference Librarian at the Katy Geissert Library, will present two fact finding seminars for volunteer researchers. They will learn techniques for gathering information from yearbooks, newspapers, directories and government records.

Volunteers are urged to contact Jerry Ronan at 310.328.1972 or GTRonan@aol.com or the Museum at 310.328.5392.

NAMES ON WALL
Alvarez, Louis Anzak, Joseph Jr. Bailey, Bernard Barkdull, Olin Beranek, Rudolph Bernasconi, Rudolph Bliefernich, Arnold Brightfield, Ralph Brooks, Kenneth Brown, Clent Bruce, Claude Bruhn,, Gary Burkholder, Bryson Byrne, James Caraway Archie Carder, Paul Carter, Michael Carter, Thomas Chavez, Dario Coburn, Ernest Coburn, George Cotner, Morrison Craw, Donald Crawford, Douglas Crocker, Ricardo Crossland, Bert Cruize, Raymond Culverhouse, Leon Cunningham, Dan Daniel, James Dietlin, Francis Dilkess, Thomas Dixon, Michael Dodson, Robert Duarte, Miguel Edwards, Bobby Eisenacher, Charles Ernst, Edward Escobar, George Eversull, Anthony Ferrara, Matthew Fess, John Jr. Flores, Nestor Foley, John Foster, John Franklin, Perry Gifford, Micah Grant, Stephen Grubbs, Gary	Gutierrez, Jose Hamilton, Chelsea Haslet, Thomas Hatter, Robert Heath, Isaac Herlett, James Hill, Alan Hill, John Hill, Ernest, Jr. Isbell, George Johnson, Jesse Jones, Frank Jones, Herman Judge, James Judge, Mark Kandler, Terreace Kessel, Michael Kindrick, Bryce Kirkpatrick, William Lara, Lupe Lewis Stephen Lugo, Anthony Madore, Louis Markwell, Eugene Martin, Thomas Matayoshi, Wallace McMinn, Danny Merkel, Ruben Mitchell, James Moody, Garlan Mullen, Joseph Munoz, Larry Mutschlek, Forrest Nestor, John Newton, James Noble, Robert Nunn, William O'Brien, Richard Obidine, Vladimir Parker, Arthur Pennington, Raymond Plunkett, Milo Price, Theron Price, Thomas Prowten, James Purcell, Gary Quaggin, Fred Ramsey, Floyd Ratliff, Paul	Reynolds, John Richardson, Robert Richhart, Everett Robillard, Larry Roomsburg, Tony Sanderson, Paul Sapp, Warren Scheibler, Clarence Schoolcraft, William Searle, Robert Shaner, Eugene Shimatsu, Akira Simonian, Gregory Sleeth, William Smith, Addison Smith, Christopher Smith, Edgar Snee, Francis Stambook, Robert Stewart, Alex Stewart, William Stone, Gregory Strieker, Eugene Strobridge, Rodney Tamura, Osamu Tanouye, Ted Tanouye, Yukiwo Tarrance, William Thayer, Richard Tidwell, Royce Tiffany, Frederick Tudor, Kenneth Vorhis, Leonard Walker, George Wanbaugh, Ronald Washer, Richard Watson, Earl Webster, Frank Wensel, Norman West, Walter Weymouth, Theodore Wilcox, Ivan Williams, Larry Williams, Thomas Wissel, Walter Wood, Brian Works, Charles Wright, Thomas
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Walking Tours of Downtown Torrance

Torrance Historical Society & Museum presents
The Original Torrance Fall Tour of Historic Homes

Saturday & Sunday, October 9-10, 2010
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
No reservations required
Fee TBA

The primary fund-raiser and signature event for the Torrance Historical Society & Museum is its biennial Tour of Historic Homes - a long standing tradition in the City of Torrance since 1980.  This event is held on even years the second weekend in October.