Riverside National Cemetery, Military cemetery in Riverside, United States.
Riverside National Cemetery is a burial site for veterans in Riverside, California, that stretches across gently rolling terrain with maintained lawns and tree-lined paths. Roadways lead to different sections where memorial sites sit beside water features and covered spaces for committal services.
The land was transferred from March Air Force Base in 1976 and officially opened for burials on November 11, 1978. Since then it has served as a resting place for service members and their families from different conflicts.
Military funeral honors at Riverside are performed by honor guards from each branch of service, the California National Guard, and volunteer teams known as the Memorial Honor Detail, arranged by families through their funeral home. The cemetery holds one of four sites Congress recognized as a National Medal of Honor Memorial Site, dedicated November 5, 1999 before 85 medal recipients.
The grounds are open daily from 8 in the morning until sunset and provide year-round burial services for veterans and eligible relatives. Visitors find ample parking and information boards that help with orientation.
The Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Memorial was designated a National Memorial by the U.S. Congress on December 10, 2004, and dedicated on September 16, 2005. Its bronze figure of a bound serviceman, sculpted by Vietnam veteran Lewis Lee Millett Jr., is ringed by black marble pillars that stand for imprisonment.
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