Legislation seeks to restore West Coast's oldest military cemetery
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are renewing their plans to move upkeep for the oldest military cemetery on the West Coast, which has long been neglected, under the Department of Veterans Affairs.Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Mike Thompson, both California Democrats, filed legislation in their respective chambers to restore Mare Island Naval Cemetery, a San Francisco Bay-area site where 860 servicemembers and veterans — mostly from the Navy and the Marine […]
