Los Angeles National Cemetery
Cemetery entrance.
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| Established | 1889 |
| Location | Sepulveda Boulevard and Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California |
| Country | USA |
| Coordinates | 34°03′40″N 118°27′12″W / 34.061°N 118.4534°WCoordinates: 34°03′40″N 118°27′12″W / 34.061°N 118.4534°W |
| Type | Public |
| Owned by | US Department of Veterans Affairs |
| Size | 114 acres developed, 13 acres under development |
| Website | Official website |
| Find a Grave | Los Angeles National Cemetery |
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.
The 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.
Interred on its 114 acres (46 ha) 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".
Fourteen Medal of Honor recipients are buried at the cemetery:
Los Angeles National Cemetery has been closed to new interments since about 2002, with the exception of spouses of those already buried. In order to accommodate future community need, United States Department of Veterans Affairs has acquired another 13 acres (5.3 ha) 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.
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