Pumpkins in the Park San Jose October 2014

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Pumpkins in the Park San Jose October 2014

Pumpkins in the Park San Jose October 2014


Pumpkins in the Park is a harvest fair for families with a strong environmental education component. It is designed to promote awareness of the Guadalupe River Park and celebrate the fall season. Pumpkins in the Park is held to raise funds and enlist supporters for Guadalupe River Park Conservancy. But, just as importantly, its purpose is to create awareness of the park and gardens and to bring families into the park for a day of learning and fun. Also visited the Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph which is located in downtown San Jose. The first church was built in 1803. Today the present church is the fifth building at the site because previous churches suffered damage from earthquakes and fire. Today the church is listed as a California Historical Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The ground plan of the church uses the Greek cross. There is a round altar under the dome, which has a Bavarian glass skylight and stained glass murals. The church has plenty of art, including the Stations of the Cross, sculpture, paintings and stained glass windows.

Visited the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum which was architecturally inspired by the Temple of Amon at Karnak, and it houses the largest collection of Egyptian artifacts on exhibit in western North America (including objects from pre dynastic times through Egypt's early Islamic era). The founder of the museum was H. Spencer Lewis, the founder of the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC. This organization was founded in 1915 and in the 1920s it supported excavations of the Egypt Exploration Society in Tell el-Amarna (Akhetaten), the city of the Pharaoh Akhnaton. In gratitude, the Egypt Exploration Society donated several artifacts from their finds to AMORC. The Rosicrucian Egyptian Oriental Museum was built in 1932. The museum has over 4,000 artifacts today.