This is the first in a series of columns I plan to write about hidden treasures you can visit in Southern California. They’re unique, interesting and sometimes wacky, but all of them are worth seeing.

Amid the coronavirus crisis, Southern California’s Forest Lawn memorial parks maintained their annual tradition of remembrance for members of the armed forces who died while in service, taking its ...

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From a grave situation arose Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The state’s largest cemetery, for size and souls, dates to 1886 with its first burial — of the previous landowner. It was the first in Omaha ...

Forest Lawn Memorial Park conducted its first Memorial Day ceremony in 1915 at its Glendale cemetery and has hosted live memorials every year since at its six Southern California locations. Until this ...

HENDERSONVILLE - After a soggy Sunday in Western North Carolina, the rain held off on Memorial Day for the annual Memorial Day Observance at Forest Lawn Memorial Park off Tracy Grove Road, as a large ...

Forest Lawn Memorial Park will hold its annual Memorial Day program on Monday to honor servicemen and servicewomen who gave the ultimate sacrifice. The event will begin at 11 a.m. and is hosted by the ...