Congratulations to Our 2024 Scholarship Awardees
Congratulations to our 2024 Support Foundation Scholarship awardees: Pictured (left to right) are Brendon Miller (heading to Fairfield University in Connecticut); Kim Voss, representing her son Trevor, who is currently at the United States Air Force Academy; and Olivia Shull (heading to Chapman University).
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We are a volunteer group independent of the cemetery, and all donations go towards putting on this incredible Memorial Day celebration. Our expenses include bus transportation from parking lots to the cemetery entrance, event permit fees, chair rental, printed programs, security and police assistance, portable restrooms and handwashing stations, signage and banners, bottled water, first aid supplies, and scholarship awards for graduating high school seniors. Any gift you can provide is most appreciated.
Use the “Donate” button above or mail a check payable to the “Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery Support Foundation” to:
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery Support Foundation
P.O. Box 710053, Santee, CA 92071
Thank You!
Our thanks to the Western States Regional Council of Carpenters for making a $5,000 donation to help fund our 2025 Ceremony and Scholarship.
The Western States Regional Council of Carpenters works with developers and elected leaders to raise the standard of building and living for all workers.
Foundation Executive Board
President/CEO
Jeff Simonides
Treasurer
Bryan Caraveo
Recording Secretary
Natalie Hall
Executive Board Director
Dawn-Marie Marino
Foundation Members
Phil Bailey
Phil Hersey
Jerry Koehlmein
Robert Lewis
Evan Smith
Fran Hall
Thomas Vilcivich
Duncan Campbell
Jim Hardy
About Us
The Fort Rosecrans Memorial Day celebration is one of San Diego's largest and most celebrated memorials dedicated to our fighting men and women. On this day we honor all of our fallen soldiers and remember them for their ultimate sacrifice to our country.
The Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery Support Foundation is comprised of war veterans' organizations, their auxiliaries, and patriotic groups that have conducted the memorial services at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego for over 100 years.
A burial ground before 1847, this graveyard became an army post cemetery in the 1860s. It is the final resting place for most who fell at San Pasqual in 1846 and for the USS Bennington victims of 1905. At one time, it had become known as Bennington National Cemetery.
It became Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in 1934 and was placed under the Veterans Administration National Cemetery System in 1973. This cemetery is also a California registered historical landmark, #55, first registered on December 6, 1932.
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery is closed to new interments. The only interments that are being accepted are subsequent interments for veterans or eligible family members in an existing gravesite. Miramar National Cemetery, considered a 313-acre annex of Fort Rosecrans, was dedicated in January 2010 and opened for burials the following November.
Coin Available
You can purchase this coin for $20, including shipping within the USA. The Fort Rosecrans side has the American Flag waving over the graves of the fallen. The other side shows “A Garden of Heroes,” the foundation that supports both the old and the new cemeteries. Make check payable to “Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery Support Foundation” and send to:
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery Support Foundation
P.O. Box 710053, Santee, CA 92071