Desert Memorial Park

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Desert Memorial Park
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Desert Memorial Park
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EstablishedOctober 31, 1956;68 years ago (1956-10-31)
Location
Cathedral City, California
Country United States
Coordinates 33°49′04″N116°26′34″W / 33.8177965°N 116.4427901°W / 33.8177965; -116.4427901 [1]
TypePublic
Owned byPalm Springs Cemetery District
Website Official Site
Find a Grave Desert Memorial Park
The Political Graveyard Desert Memorial Park

Desert Memorial Park is a cemetery in Cathedral City, California, United States, near Palm Springs. [2] Opening in 1956 and receiving its first interment in 1957, [3] it is maintained by the Palm Springs Cemetery District. [4] The District also maintains the Welwood Murray Cemetery in Palm Springs. [5]

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LGBTQ Veterans Memorial

The California LGBTQ Veterans Memorial dedicated April 27, 2019, by the State of California California LGBTQ Veterans Memorial.jpg
The California LGBTQ Veterans Memorial dedicated April 27, 2019, by the State of California
The original plaque below the California LGBTQ Veterans Memorial that was dedicated May 27, 2001, by AMVETS Post 66 California LGBTQ Veterans Memorial, Post 66.jpg
The original plaque below the California LGBTQ Veterans Memorial that was dedicated May 27, 2001, by AMVETS Post 66

In 2001, American Veterans Post 66 dedicated a memorial at the cemetery honoring all LGBTQ veterans. [6] In 2018, the state passed California Assembly Bill 2439 designating the memorial as California's official LGBTQ veterans memorial. In recognition, a second plaque was affixed to the monument. The memorial is an obelisk of South Dakotan mahogany granite with the logo of American Veterans for Equal Rights on it. [7]

Notable interments

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Grave of Sonny Bono
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Grave of Frank Sinatra

Among those buried here are: [8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)". Archived from the original on 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ↑ Brooks, Patricia; Brooks, Jonathan (2006). "Chapter 8: East L.A. and the Desert". Laid to Rest in California: a guide to the cemeteries and grave sites of the rich and famous. Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press. pp. 238–245. ISBN   978-0762741014. OCLC   70284362.
  3. ↑ The Palm Springs Cemetery District itself was covers 504 square miles, including Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Desert Hot Springs, Thousand Palms, and Rancho Mirage. See: Robinson, Nancy (1992). Palm Springs History Handbook. Palm Springs, CA: Palm Springs Public Library. p. 7. OCLC   31595834.
  4. ↑ The Palm Springs Cemetery District is a Special District established under California's Special District Law. See: Kimia Mizany and April Manatt, California Senate Local Government Committee, What's So Special About Special Districts? A Citizen's Guide to Special Districts in California (Third Edition) Archived 2011-07-04 at the Wayback Machine 2002
  5. ↑ "Palm Springs Cemetery District". Archived from the original on 2011-08-02. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
  6. ↑ "National LGBT Veterans Memorial". www.gayveteransmemorial.com. 2011–2012. Archived from the original on 2019-01-19. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
  7. ↑ Ring, Trudy (2018). "California Becomes First State to Honor LGBTQ Veterans". Advocate.com. Archived from the original on 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 "Palm Springs Cemetery District, 'Interments of Interest'" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
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