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RESOLUTION NQ. 1051
JOiNINC IN PROCLAMATION OF SUPPORT
FOR NEW NATIONAL CEMETERY STTE AT MARCH AIR BASE
WHEREAS, Lhe Vcterans Administration of the United States has recognized the
need fora new national cemetery within the state of California to serve de-
ceased veterans of the nation's military forces, and
WHEREAS, The Veterans Administration has diligently reviewed nine possible
sites and reduced the choice to .three: Match AirForce Base near Riverside,
White Wolf Va11ey near Bakersfield, San Luis Reservoir, near Los Banos, and
WHEREAS, the March Air Force Base site is located withinone to two hours
of the Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside-San Bernardino, Ventura and San Diego
M 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 install-
anon dedicated to the security of the nation since March 20, I913, when named
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to honor Second Lieutenant Peyton C. March, Jr. , and
WHEREAS, March Air Force Base is identified with men who wrote their names
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in the militaryr historyof the nation Frederick Eglin, Hoyt S. Vandenberg,
Nathan F. Twining, Thomas S. Powers, Curtis E. LeMay, H. H. Arnold, Ira raker,
Emmett O'Donnell, Colin Kelly - and in so doing dedicated this ground to the E
memory of the nation's veterans for all time, now, therefore,
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;•: i BE IT RESOLVED AND PROCLAIMED by the City Council
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of the City of 'San Jacinto.
State of California, in regular session
ps assembled on March 4, 1975 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.
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\ UCY ALLEN _ Ma of the-Cit of San Jacinto
Deputy