Participants in the 2019 Memorial Day ceremony lit candles in memory of loved ones.
The Gardena Nisei Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1961 will hold its annual Memorial Day service honoring all deceased post members who served in defense of our country on foreign soil.
The service will be held on Sunday, May 26, at 2 p.m. in the Nisei Veterans Hall at the Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute, 1964 W. 162nd St., Gardena. Phone: (310) 324-6611.
Veterans Memorial Court Alliance board member and Post 1961 Junior Vice Commander Les Higa will emcee the ceremony. Highlighting the service will be a Memorial Day message by Cory Shiozaki, director and producer of “The Manzanar Fishing Club.”
Family and friends of Post 1961 can pay tribute to their loved ones in a flag-posting ceremony. Rev. Daniel Matsuda, senior pastor at Gardena Valley Baptist Church, will give the invocation and benediction. Inspirational musical selections will be per-formed by artists from Faith United Methodist Church in Torrance.
Also participating will be: Redondo Union High School MCJROTC Honor Guard, Gardena High School Army JROTC Color Guard, Gardena Nisei Memorial Post Boy Scout Troop 378, Faith United Methodist Church Boy Scout Troop 719, and Gardena Evening Optimist Boy Scout Troop 683.
For more information, contact co-chairpersons Mike Miyamoto at (310) 938-9802 or Sue Watanabe at (310) 324-5415.