Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery

San Diego County · Cabrillo Memorial Drive, Point Loma, San Diego · location approximate

Shortly after the boundaries of Fort Rosecrans were established in 1852, this military cemetery, overlooking a number of earlier and wholly obliterated burial places of white men, was established. The name "Bennington" commemorates, as does the obelisk, the death of about 60 men and boys on duty aboard the USS gunboat Bennington in San Diego harbor July 21, 1905. Most of these victims were buried here.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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