词条 | Los Angeles National Cemetery |
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| name = Los Angeles National Cemetery | image = Los Angeles National Cemetery 01.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Cemetery entrance. | map_type = | map_size = | map_caption = | established = 1889 | country = USA | location = Sepulveda Boulevard and Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California | coordinates = {{coord|34.061|-118.4534|format=dms|dim:10000_region:US-CA|display=inline,title}} | type = Public | style = | owner = US Department of Veterans Affairs | size = 114 acres developed, 13 acres under development | graves = | interments = | cremations = | leases = | website = Official website | findagraveid= 8131 }} 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. GeographyThe entrance to the cemetery is located at 950 South Sepulveda Boulevard (90049) at Constitution Avenue, near the intersection of Sepulveda Boulevard and Wilshire Boulevard. It is adjacent to Westwood, Los Angeles and UCLA along the east across Veteran Avenue, and the main Sawtelle Veterans Home campus across the San Diego Freeway (405) along the west. The cemetery was dedicated on May 22, 1889. It is directly connected to the central Veterans Home facilities by Constitution Avenue's underpass below freeway. CemeteryInterred on its {{convert|114|acre}} are war veterans, from the:
An annual ceremony commemorating the birthday of Abraham Lincoln is held at the cemetery on or near February 12. The cemetery's annual Memorial Day program draws several thousand attendees each year. The chapel at the cemetery was renamed the Bob Hope Veterans Chapel on 29 May 2002, Bob Hope's 99th birthday, in "celebration of his lifelong service to our American Veterans."[1][2] Notable burialsMedal of Honor recipientsFourteen Medal of Honor recipients are buried at the cemetery:
Other veterans{{Refimprove section|date=January 2012}}
Future burialsLos Angeles National Cemetery has been closed to new interments since about 2002, with the exception of spouses of those already buried.[10] In order to accommodate future community need, United States Department of Veterans Affairs has acquired another {{convert|13|acre}} to permit the cemetery to expand. Future interments will be in urns of cremated ashes placed in columbarium walls built on the new land. By eliminating ground burials, the new acreage will permit about as many new interments as are in the existing 114 acres.[10] Local IssuesAfter the September 11 attacks a pedestrian gate on the Eastern side of the cemetery was closed "for security reasons." This ongoing closure has significantly affected the ability of eastbound pedestrians and cyclists to avoid a long block of very busy and "dangerous for cyclists" Wilshire Boulevard to commute to/access the UCLA campus and downtown Westwood Village. See alsoReferences1. ^{{Cite press release|title=CORRECTION: Dedication Ceremony to Honor Bob Hope, May 29 at Los Angeles National Cemetery|date=2002-05-24|publisher=Primezone|url=https://globenewswire.ca/news-release/2002/05/24/287544/27832/en/CORRECTION-Dedication-Ceremony-to-Honor-Bob-Hope-May-29-at-Los-Angeles-National-Cemetery.html|access-date=2018-02-06|dead-url=no|archive-url=https://archive.is/OaAST|archive-date=2018-02-06}} [4]2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://veteransparkconservancy.org/chapel.php|title=Bob Hope Veterans Chapel Renovation|last=|first=|date=|website=veteransparkconservancy.org|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2018-02-06}} 3. ^ CWGC Cemetery Report. Breakdown obtained from casualty record. 4. ^1 2 {{cite web| url=http://djcoregon.com/news/2012/01/24/walker-macy-designs-los-angeles-national-cemetery-expansion/ | title=Walker Macy designs Los Angeles National Cemetery expansion | author= Aaron Spencer | date=January 24, 2012 | publisher= Daily Journal of Commerce | accessdate=2012-01-26}} }} External links
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