Campaign Welcomes John Law as Advisor
The Emperor's Bridge Campaign is delighted to announce the appointment of John Law to join us as our newest Advisor.
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Campaign Awarded Grant to Publish Book of Norton Proclamations
The Emperor's Bridge Campaign is pleased to announce that the nonprofit San Francisco History Association, as part of its Research Gift program, recently awarded the Campaign with a lead grant to develop and publish a book of selected Proclamations of Emperor Norton.
Read MoreJoin Us in a New Tradition: Empire Day
Cabinet card of Emperor Norton, c.1878, by Bradley & Rulofson. Collection of The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Join The Emperor's Bridge Campaign as we celebrate the foundation of Norton's Empire on 17 September 1859 and the continuation of that Empire into the present and the future — a borderless Empire of the heart open to all who have eyes to see and ears to hear.
Please gather in Redwood Park, San Francisco — adjacent to the Transamerica Pyramid — on Thursday 17 September at 6 p.m. sharp.
We're calling it Empire Day — and we hope that this will mark the beginning of a new tradition.
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Campaign Has "Boldest Efforts to Honor the Emperor"
The Wall Street Journal is up today with a front-page article that looks at the coalescence, in recent years, of something approaching a Bay Area "movement" to celebrate Emperor Norton. The Journal features The Emperor's Bridge Campaign in its profile, and writes that the Campaign brings together "the boldest efforts to honor the emperor."
Read MoreA Plaque for the Emperor (With His Birth Date in Bronze)
On a beautiful if blustery afternoon yesterday in Colma, about 40 friends of Emperor Norton gathered for the laying of a special historical plaque for the Emperor at Home of Peace — the cemetery of Congregation Emanu-El, where the Emperor attended synagogue every Saturday.
Read MoreWe're Now Accepting Online Donations
The Emperor's Bridge Campaign is delighted to offer a very important — and very easy — way for those who believe in what we are doing to support the work of the Campaign. You now can make credit and debit card donations to the Campaign on our Web site.
Read MoreJoshua Abraham Norton, b. 4 February 1818
The following illustrated remarks were presented by Emperor's Bridge Campaign founder and president John Lumea at The Emperor's 197th Birthday, the Campaign's "party and presentation of recent findings" held on 3 February 2015 at the Eric Quezada Center for Culture and Politics in San Francisco.
Read MoreDoggies and Pyromaniacs for Emperor Norton!
This past Tuesday evening (3 February) was a "school night." So, The Emperor's Bridge Campaign was delighted to welcome some 55-60 guests — including many new faces! — to the Eric Quezada Center for Culture and Politics at 518 Valencia Street in San Francisco, for The Emperor's 197th Birthday, a "party and presentation of recent findings" in support of the Campaign.
Read MoreIn Gratitude, Respect, Honor & Solidarity
On Emperor Norton Day 2015, the 135th anniversary of the Emperor's passing on 8 January 1880, The Emperor's Bridge Campaign left a flower and a note at the Emperor's grave in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif. Here's a gallery from the day.
Read MoreA Lovely December Afternoon with the Emperor, the Countess & 50 Friends of the Campaign
A recap of The Emperor's Bridge Campaign's 2nd Annual Tannenbaum Toast, held on Sunday 14 December 2014 at Union Square and The House of Shields, San Francisco.
Read MoreTHIS SUNDAY! Join Us for Our Annual Holiday Toast to the Emperor
THE CHRISTMAS TREE IN UNION SQUARE, SAN FRANCISCO, 1910. Collection of the Oakland Public Library history room.
Join The Emperor's Bridge Campaign for The 2nd Annual Tannenbaum Toast!
Read MoreThe Founding Board & Officers of The Emperor's Bridge Campaign
Yesterday afternoon, at Comstock Saloon in San Francisco, six supporters of the Campaign — plus another, who found the nearest highway exit and joined us via cellphone from the road — gathered beneath the watchful gaze of the casting of Peter Macchiarini's sculpture of Emperor Norton that presides over Comstock's historic 1907 bar. In a joyful ceremony lubricated by Sazeracs, Manhattans, Bloody Marys, absinthes and beers — and punctuated by a lot of laughs — here's what we did.
Read MoreThe Emperor's Bridge Campaign Is Now on Twitter
Please follow >>> @EmperorsBridge. And spread the word!
Read MoreWe Are Featured in Today's Chronicle
A San Francisco Chronicle article about different ways that advocacy groups are using the Change.org platform features Emperor's Bridge Campaign founder John Lumea's reflections on how the 2013 Change.org petition to name the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge for Emperor Norton became a powerful movement-building tool and a springboard for the launch of the Campaign.
Read MoreSupport from the Emperor's Nieces and Nephews
Some 15 members of the Emperor's family — including several of his 4x-great nieces and nephews — are signatories of the Change.org petition to name the Bay Bridge for Emperor Norton and followers of the Campaign on Facebook. Wonderful that, more than 130 years after his death, the Emperor's relatives still are stepping up to champion his legacy.
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