Honoring the United States Navy
Monday, May 28th, 2012
Festivities begin 10 a.m.

Each year thousands of people attend the Memorial Day service at Loma Vista Memorial Park. Set up takes a full week, with nearly 500 volunteers ironing and putting up 3800 flags, and crosses. In addition, grave markers are swept, and crosses painted and repaired. The event started in 1939, when Fullerton’s Chapman family placed 50 flags and crosses on veterans’ graves. Now the number of deceased vets grows by hundreds each year.

Constructed in 1935 the mausoleum has been a large part of history at Loma Vista Memorial Park. Over the past 77 years, the stained glass windows have seen golf balls and baseballs pass through leaving holes of various sizes. The lead which encased the stained glass and was the main support began to buckle and deteriorate. Clearly it was time to take on the project of restoration.

We enlisted the master craftsmanship of Sister Marie Tatina of Artistic Designs Enterprise in San Marcos, California. She was our wonderful guiding light in this project. She has 34 years of experience in this field and her work speaks for itself.

View a slideshow of the project.

Roy is also friends with our resident hawk who we have named Sir Richard. We recently got this great photo of Sir Richard completing amazing acrobats and catching his dinner on the fly - a chicken leg thrown up by Roy.

Next time you stop by, take a moment to look for our birds and maybe you'll even find Roy and Sir Richard enjoying some time together!