Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery - San Diego, CA
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N 32° 41.326 W 117° 14.697
11S E 477037 N 3616810
A large cemetery located on Point Loma in San Diego. It was originally developed by the WPA in 1935.
Waymark Code: WM169XG
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 06/09/2022
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Taken from Wikipedia, "Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery is a federal military cemetery in the city of San Diego, California. It is located on the grounds of the former Army coastal artillery station Fort Rosecrans and is administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. The cemetery is located approximately 10 miles (16 km) west of Downtown San Diego, overlooking San Diego Bay and the city from one side, and the Pacific Ocean on the other. Fort Rosecrans is named after William Starke Rosecrans, a Union general in the American Civil War. The cemetery was registered as California Historical Landmark #55 on December 6, 1932. The cemetery is spread out over 77.5 acres (31.4 ha) located on both sides of Catalina Blvd."
Taken from the website, "NPS.gov: 'A project funded by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) brought the “southern half” of Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery to near completion by March 1938. The New Deal labor program, begun in 1935, primarily completed small-scale new construction, rehabilitation, and/or landscape improvement projects that could be completed in a year or less. An allotment of $30,000 by the WPA funded the construction tasks of filling and grading, as well as the installation of roads, water, and a sprinkler system.'"
Project type: Other
Date built or created: 1935
Location: Point Loma
City: San Diego
Condition: Pristine condition
Website for additional information: [Web Link]
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