Los Angeles Buddhist Temple Federation, consisting of seven local temples (Higashi Honganji, Jodo Shu, Koyasan, Nichiren Shu, Nishi Hongwanji, Senshin Buddhist Temple and Zenshuji), annually holds joint memorial services at several cemeteries in observance of Memorial Day. Cemetery visitors’ incense offerings are welcomed at the services.
The service schedule this year on Monday, May 30, is as follows:
Evergreen Cemetery, 204 N. Evergreen Ave., Los Angeles (Boyle Heights) — 9:30 a.m. at Muen-to; 10 a.m. at Irei-to
Rose Hills Memorial Park, 3888 Workman Mill Rd., Gate 10, Whittier — 10 a.m. at Irei-to
For more information, contact Los Angeles Buddhist Temple Federation, 815 E. First St., Los Angeles, CA 90012; (213) 680-9130.
Thanks for letting me know there will be a memorial at Evergreen, this year. The people buried there are my heroes, too. I grew up in the Crenshaw/ West Adams district. My nephew’s grandmother was a War Bride. The Jomon and other ancients married into our Cherokee tribe. I remember Grace’s Pastries, and Tom and Maggie’s florist shop at the funeral home where Dad worked. Their son, Tony, played golf for UCLA, my school too. The naughty kids used to call themselves:”Buddah head/spooks”…no difference between us.
Thanks for letting me know there will be a memorial at Evergreen, this year. The people buried there are my heroes, too. I grew up in the Crenshaw/ West Adams district. My nephew’s grandmother was a War Bride. The Jomon and other ancients married into our Cherokee tribe. I remember Grace’s Pastries, and Tom and Maggie’s florist shop at the funeral home where Dad worked. Their son, Tony, played golf for UCLA, my school too. The naughty kids used to call themselves:”Buddah head/spooks”…no difference between us.