| 词条 | Desert Memorial Park |
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|name = Desert Memorial Park |image = |imagesize = |caption = |established = October 31, 1956 |country = United States |location = Cathedral City, California |coordinates ={{Coord|33.8177965|-116.4427901|format=dms|display=inline,title}}[1] |type = Public |owner = Palm Springs Cemetery District |size = |graves= |website = Official Site |findagraveid = 188858 |politicalgeo= CA/RI-buried.html#cms04543 }}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] In 2001, the first American memorial specifically honoring LGBTQ veterans was dedicated in the cemetery, called the LGBTQ Veterans Memorial.[6][7] In 2018, a bill was signed into law designating that LGBTQ Veterans Memorial as California's official LGBTQ veterans memorial. Due to this, California became the first state in the nation to officially recognize LGBTQ military veterans.[7] The memorial is an obelisk of South Dakotan mahogany granite with the logo of American Veterans for Equal Rights on it.[7] Notable intermentsAmong those buried here are:[8]
See also{{Portal|Inland Empire|Death}}
References1. ^USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) 2. ^{{cite book|last1=Brooks|first1=Patricia|title=Laid to Rest in California: a guide to the cemeteries and grave sites of the rich and famous |chapter=Chapter 8: East L.A. and the Desert |pages=238–245 |year=2006|publisher=Globe Pequot Press|location=Guilford, CT|isbn=978-0762741014|last2=Brooks |first2=Jonathan |oclc= 70284362}} 3. ^The Palm Springs Cemetery District itself was formed in 1917 and covers 504 square miles, including Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Desert Hot Springs, Thousand Palms, and Rancho Mirage. See: {{cite book|last=Robinson|first=Nancy|title=Palm Springs History Handbook|year=1992|publisher=Palm Springs Public Library|location=Palm Springs, CA|page=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) 2002 5. ^Palm Springs Cemetery District 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nlgbtvm.org/ |title=National LGBT Veterans Memorial |publisher=Nlgbtvm.org |date= |accessdate=2015-05-26}} 7. ^1 2 {{cite web|last=Ring |first=Trudy |url=https://www.advocate.com/military/2018/8/21/california-becomes-first-state-honor-lgbtq-veterans |title=California Becomes First State to Honor LGBTQ Veterans |publisher=Advocate.com |date=2018 |accessdate=2018-08-22}} 8. ^Palm Springs Cemetery District "Interments of Interest" External links
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