Operation Restore Hope
Sat, Feb 27
|Woodlawn Memorial Park
Our project will have an emphasis in which we will help clean up the area where veterans from the Civil War, Spanish American War, World War 1 and 2, Korea and Vietnam are buried.
Time & Location
Feb 27, 2021, 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Woodlawn Memorial Park, 1715 W Greenleaf Blvd, Compton, CA 90220
About the event
February 27th 2021
08:30 Prep Crew 10:00 Project Kick Off Woodlawn Memorial Park 1715 West Greenleaf Blvd, Compton, CA 90220 📸 Platoon Member HeavyGunz @ the 🇺🇸🪦🇲🇽 of Private Jose L. Castillo 5 Infantry 71st Infantry Division Killed in Action April 3rd, 1945, Western Germany 🆚 6th S.S. Division 💥 ➕ And also the 🪦resting 🙏 place of Pvt. J.L. Castillo’s Father, Guadalupe Castillo who lived to be 💯 years old & was buried on top of this soldier's grave, 23 years after losing his son. 📷 of 📖 History of 71st Division (WWII) 📸 of 📚 List of Killed in Action 📷 of 📖 Summary of actions associated with battles fought on the day of and before infantryman Jose L. Castillo lost his life for this 🇺🇸 country during World War II. Our Support Project Will Be Working with @onesectionatatime & @walkerfamilyeventsfoundation + @themissioncontinues & @vfwandvfwaux4thdistrict @vfwhq
Our Day’s Work Will Include 1. Painting the outside wall along Central Blvd & Entrance Sign 2. Landscape work with lawnmowers and weed whackers to cut and trim different parts of the park. 3. Re-placing Veteran headstones into their correct plot positions. 4. Clean up and prepare veterans cannon monument, veteran section flag poles along with other areas of the park.