[2] Kircher bought and developed the cemetery on prairie land, and soon after, entrusted landscaping to O.C.

[3] The mausoleum was built in Montrose Cemetery specifically due to rising anti-Japanese sentiment during World War II, and the subsequent increase in Chicago's Japanese population after the closure of internment camps.

[1] In 2023, the Consul General of Japan in Chicago, Jun Yanagi, visited the mausoleum and learned about the work that was put to develop it over the years.

[6] An area of the cemetery has been dubbed "Gypsy Row" due to many Romani Americans being congregated there.

The cemetery serves as a burial site for people of many other cultures, including Koreans, Russians, Serbians, Germans, Hispanics, and Muslims, among others.