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   Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery is located on the Fort Rosecrans Military Reservation, 10 miles west of San Diego, California. The hilly peninsula offers picturesque vistas to the city, bay, and Pacific Ocean. It was one of seven national cemeteries created between world wars, 1934–1939.

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   North America. United States of America. California. San Diego County. San Diego. Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. Added: 1 Jan 2000. Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 7978. Situated in San Diego County on the Fort Rosecrans Military reservation, the cemetery is located approximately 10 miles west of San Diego, overlooking the...

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   16000054. A Seahawk flies past the cemetery. 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.

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   Mar 21, 2023 · The cemetery emerged as part of Fort Rosecrans, San Diego’s first US military base, which most of our park was once a part of. Shortly after the United States conquered California in 1848, the government identified the strategic value of Point Loma and declared the entire area a military reservation where coastal defenses would be developed.

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   The (then) one acre cemetery was located on the crest of the point and first was used in the 1860s as a burial-ground for the San Diego Barracks –simply known as "Post Cemetery, San Diego Barracks (Point Loma)". When the fort was established a few years later, it became known as Fort Rosecrans Post Cemetery and was so designated until 1934 ...

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   Where is Fort Rosecrans Cemetery?

   • San Diego, San Diego County , California , USA Situated in San Diego County on the Fort Rosecrans Military reservation, the cemetery is located approximately 10 miles west of San Diego, overlooking the...

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   Are there cremated remains at San Diego's Fort Rosecrans Cemetery?

   • Due to limited space, casketed remains stopped being accepted in the late 1960s, but burials still exist here for cremated individuals, but all available spaces were allocated in 2014. The cemetery emerged as part of Fort Rosecrans, San Diego’s first US military base, which most of our park was once a part of.

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   Where is Fort Rosecrans located?

   • 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.

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   Should Fort Rosecrans be a National Cemetery?

   • After the USS Bennington tragedy, high-ranking Army and the Navy officials made several attempts to designate the post cemetery at Fort Rosecrans as a national cemetery. The War Department did not approve. It argued that San Francisco National Cemetery, established in 1884 as the sole West Coast national cemetery, provided ample burial space.

   Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery - National Cemetery Administration

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