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Los Angeles National Cemetery. Bob Hope Veterans Chapel, with a plaque honoring Hope shown on the wall by the chapel's entrance. The Los Angeles National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the Sawtelle unincorporated community of the West Los Angeles neighborhood in Los Angeles County, California.
Creation of national cemeteries. The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial places came during the American Civil War, in an act passed by the U.S. Congress on July 17, 1862. [1] By the end of 1862, 12 national cemeteries had been ...
Miramar National Cemetery is a federal military cemetery in San Diego, California. It is located in the northwest corner of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar on the grounds of old Camp Kearny (1917) and Camp Elliott (1942). The cemetery is considered an auxiliary of Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery and is administered by the United States ...
Golden Gate National Cemetery is a United States national cemetery in California, located in the city of San Bruno, 12 miles (20 km) south of San Francisco. Because of the name and location, it is frequently confused with San Francisco National Cemetery, which dates to the 19th century and is in the Presidio of San Francisco, in view of the ...
Coordinates: 38°23′39″N 122°21′54″W. The Veterans Home of California is located in Yountville, California, and was founded in 1884. [1][2] The facility is the largest of its kind in the United States and has a population of almost 800 aged and disabled veterans of World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, the War in ...
The Political Graveyard. Riverside National Cemetery. Riverside National Cemetery (RNC) is a cemetery located in Riverside, California, dedicated to the interment of United States military personnel. The cemetery covers 921 acres (373 ha). It has been the most active cemetery in the system since 2000, based on the number of interments.
San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located at 32053 West McCabe Road, Santa Nella, in Merced County, California. This cemetery has space available to accommodate casketed and cremated remains over 322 acres (130 ha) of land. The number of interments through fiscal year 2008 is 30,054.
561 acres (227 ha) Sacramento Valley National Cemetery is a 561 acres (227 ha) United States National Cemetery located about 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Dixon, Solano County, California. [1] The cemetery is intersected by the Union Pacific Railroad in the southeast of the cemetery. [2] Opened for burials in 2006 with an initial 14 acres (5.7 ...