04/03/2026
Hey does this altar look familiar? That’s what the Lone Fir Cemetery Foundation (not to be confused with Friends of Lone Fir) would like to know. “Previously, the site included a large concrete altar with a marble center that was used by community members to leave offerings to their departed loved ones. Archeological research efforts to locate pieces of the altar in the ground have been unsuccessful. Now, the community is being asked to speak up if they have a piece of the altar in their possession. ‘We want to put out the call to our community, in case maybe someone’s family saved the panel before the cemetery was bulldozed,’ said Marcus Lee, a board member for the Lone Fir Cemetery Foundation. ‘It would be wonderful if we could retrieve it — or even parts of it.’ Anyone with information on the missing altar is asked to contact the Lone Fir [Cemetery] Foundation directly.” —via KOIN6
P.S. The Tomb-Sweeping Festival (Qingming) is tomorrow, Saturday, April 4, 2026, at Lone Fir.
