fast as practicable." During the summer of 2005, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Metro construction workers widening First Street for the Metro L Line light rail extension uncovered the skeletal remains of 174 people buried near the south side of the Los Angeles County Crematorium, adjacent to Evergreen Cemetery. Archaeologists working for the agency determined that the excavation site was likely the Chinese section of the potter's field. The majority of the remains were Asian males found along with rice bowls, jade bracelets, Chinese burial bricks, Asian coins and opium pipes. The remains were buried inside Evergreen Cemetery, near the Chinese Shrine, and a memorial was dedicated on March 7, 2010. Memorial Day Since 1897, Evergreen has held festivities every Memorial Day. Veterans, activist groups and families enter the cemetery grounds. Military organizations are stationed at different places as the Veterans Drum Corps lead the way from the streets, and Medal of Honor wreaths are distributed to the gravesites. Sometimes guest speakers are invited to make speeches. Jogging track With only a few open areas in Boyle Heights, the Evergreen Jogging Path Coalition worked with city officials to bring together a fitness area to improve local health. In 2003, a 1.4 mile jogging track was completed, encircling the cemetery. The track has exercise stations, shade, and benches so people from around the metro area can exercise regularly. as part of the Eastside Access Project which assists in building easier paths to the metro stations and accessible tracks for fitness. The path was dedicated in the memory of local activist, Lloyd Monserratt. In 2016 it received new additions and updated facilities. Notable interments Eddie Anderson (1905–1977), comedic actor, played Rochester, Jack Benny's valet James Banning (1900–1933), pioneering African American aviator Florence Barker (1891–1913), stage and silent film actress Charlotta Bass (1874–1969), educator, publisher and civil rights activist Louise Beavers (1902–1962), actress Matthew "Stymie" Beard (1925–1981), actor Jesse Belvin (1932–1960), singer and songwriter Jotham Bixby (1831–1917), father of Long Beach Frank Braxton (1929–1969), pioneering African-American animator and director Kate Brousseau (1862–1938), chair of the Psychology Department at Mills College Everett Brown (1902–1953), actor Donaldina Cameron (1869–1968), social reformer Charles A. Canfield (1848–1913), pioneer oilman in California and Mexico. Alonzo "Lonnie" Clayton (1876–1917), youngest jockey to ever win the Kentucky Derby. Pearlretta DuPuy (1871–1939), musician. Mary Foy (1862–1962), first female head librarian of the Los Angeles Public Library Katherine Grant (1904–1937),