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San Francisco National Cemetery is a United States national cemetery, located in the Presidio of San Francisco, California. Because of the name and location, it is frequently confused with Golden Gate National Cemetery , a few miles south of the city.
Lone Mountain Cemetery complex in 1869 map of San Francisco. Lone Mountain Cemetery was a complex of cemeteries in the Lone Mountain neighborhood of San Francisco, California, United States [2] [3] on the land bounded by the present-day California Street, Geary Boulevard, Parker Avenue, and Presidio Avenue. [4]
Golden Gate Cemetery in 1876 map of San Francisco. Golden Gate Cemetery, also called the City Cemetery, and Potter's Field, was a burial ground with 29,000 remains, active between 1870 and approximately 1909 and was located in San Francisco, California. [1] [2] The site of this former cemetery is now Lincoln Park and the Legion of Honor museum.
San Francisco Columbarium & Funeral Home, San Francisco; San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco; San Francisco Marine Hospital, was a former psychiatric hospital (operated from 1875 to 1912) with an adjacent cemetery, some of the graves are still visible as of 2006. [18] [19] West Coast Memorial to the Missing of World War II
The Lone Mountain Cemetery was opened on May 30, 1854. [5] [6] In 1867, the cemetery was renamed Laurel Hill Cemetery. [5] After decades of litigation and public debate, the gravesite remains were all moved, primarily to Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in the city of Colma, immediately south of San Francisco.
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 ...
Western terminus of the Lincoln Highway-San Francisco. The land on which Lincoln Park stands was the city-owned Golden Gate Cemetery, established in 1868. [1] [2] It held about 10,000 remains and included a Chinese burial ground and a potter's field. [1] In 1902, golf enthusiasts laid out a three-hole course on part of the land. In 1909, the ...
Anza Vista is named after Juan Bautista de Anza.. It sits atop the former location of the San Francisco Calvary Cemetery. Graves in this cemetery, along with all graves in San Francisco, were moved in the 1930s and 1940s to Colma after burials in San Francisco were banned in 1902 at all but two cemeteries to increase available real estate.