Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer

Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer

Directed by Allyce Ondricka

Performed by Constance Smith, Pauline Cushman-Fryer tells us how she became a Union Spy, got caught and was almost hanged, why Abraham Lincoln granted her the rank of Major, and how she died lonely in San Francisco from an overdose of opium.

Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer
  • Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer

    Directed by Allyce Ondricka

    Performed by Constance Smith, Pauline Cushman-Fryer tells us how she became a Union Spy, got caught and was almost hanged, why Abraham Lincoln granted her the rank of Major, and how she died lonely in San Francisco from an overdose of opium.

  • Cemetery Profile: Golden Gate National Cemetery

    Featuring Cemetery Director Kathleen McCal, this short film about Golden Gate National Cemetery illustrates the integral role of the cemetery in the community since its founding in 1938. In 1937, San Francisco residents voted to no longer build cemeteries within the city proper and, as a result, ...