HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 11,722RESOLUTION NO. 11,722
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING NEW NATIONAL CEMETERY SITE
AT MARCH AIR BASE
WHEREAS, the Veterans Administration of the
United States has recognized the need for a new national
cemetery within the State of California to serve deceased
veterans of the nation's military forces, and
WHEREAS, the Veterans Administration has diligently
reviewed nine possible sites and reduced the choice to three:
March Air Force Base near Riverside, White Wolf Valley near
Bakersfield, San Luis Reservoir near Los Banos, and
WHEREAS, the March Air Force Base site is located
within one to two hours of the Los Angeles, Orange, River-
side - San Bernardino, Ventura and San Diego metropolitan
areas wherein reside a significant majority of both veterans
and active duty personnel of the military forces and their
families, and
WHEREAS, the March Air Force Base site is adjacent
to a military installation dedicated to the security of the
nation since March 20, 1918, when named to honor Second
Lieutenant Peyton C. March, Jr., and
WHEREAS, March Air Force Base is identified with
men who wrote their names in the military history of the
nation - Frederick Eglin, Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Nathan F.
Twining, Thomas S. Powers, Curtis E. LeMay, H. H. Arnold,
Ira Eaker, Emmett O'Donnell, Colin Kelly - and in so doing
dedicated this ground to the memory of the nation's veterans
for all time;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council
of the City of National City, State of California, that
support for March Air Force Base site is appropriate and the
people of this community and the state are urged to harmoniously
encourage the Veterans Administration in their selection of a
new national cemetery to honor the nation's military veterans.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this llth day of March, 1975.
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