Editing Walnut Grove, California (section)

===Walnut Grove Buddhist Church===
[[File:WGBC Taiko.jpg|thumb|A taiko troupe performs in front of the church during their annual summer bazaar]]

The [[Walnut Grove Buddhist Church]] in the [[Walnut Grove Japanese-American Historic District|Japanese district]] was founded in 1926 to serve the spiritual needs of the community, with over 100 members prior to WWII. It also served as a temporary hostel to house families who had lost their homes following their [[Internment of Japanese Americans|incarceration]] during the war.<ref name="History">{{cite web |last1=Kato |first1=Shigeo |title=Walnut Grove Buddhist Church History |url=https://walnutgrovebc.org/about-our-church/our-history/ |website=walnutgrovebc.org |access-date=April 6, 2022}}</ref>

Through the 80s and 90s, church membership fell as many of the older generation died, although many local residents as well as the children and grandchildren of the original members continue to support the church through the popular annual summer Bazaar and [[Bon (festival)|Obon]], providing much needed income to the church coffers.<ref name="History" />