Remembering Jonestown: Post Office Renamed / Memorial Unveiled

Today was the 30-year anniversary of the Jonestown massacre.

Days before more than 900 member of the Peoples Temple church committed suicide or were murdered in Guyana, former congressman Leo Ryan was killed at Jonestown by sect members. Sen. Jackie Speier, an aide to Ryan in 1978, and was also shot in Jonestown.

Speier, Ryan's daughters, and a few surviving members met in San Mateo today at a ceremony renaming a post office after the late congressman.

A memorial wall was also unveiled this morning at Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland.

Rep. Jackie Speier, D-San Francisco/San Mateo, right, hugs Alma Jackson in front of a post office renamed for the late congressman Leo Ryan, Monday, Nov. 17, 2008, in San Mateo, Calif. Ryan, was killed at an airstrip in Jonestown, Guyana in 1978 while investigating the People's Temple. Speier was an aide to Ryan and was shot in Jonestown. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)