HomeMy WebLinkAbout68-20 - Establishment of new National Cemeteries for Veterans and FamiliesRESOLUTION N0. 68-20
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA
URGING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW NATIONAL CEMETRIES FOR
VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
WHEREAS, the United States Government once promised every man who served
his country as a member of the armed forces that he and his immediate family
could be buried in a national cemetery if he or his family so desired; and
WHEREAS, limited space now remains in existing national cemeteries and
the Department of Defense has announced that no plans exist for creating new
national cemeteries for veterans and their families; and
WHEREAS, more than forty million persons, two million of them more than
seventy years of age, are now eligible for national cemetery burial under legal
provisions established since the Civil War; and
WHEREAS, ample space is available on existing national lands and the only
requirement is the dedication of the land for cemetery purposes; and
WHEREAS, mortuaries have been forced to send families to private cemeteries
at an additional cost above and beyond the government burial allowance;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Costa
Mesa that the United States Conference of Mayors is hereby asked to adopt a
resolution urging the creation of new national cemeteries so ;:hat the govern-
ment may fulfill its promise to care for veterans and their immediate families.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of March, 1968.
Mayor of the r of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, C. K. PRIEST, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and ex -officio
Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the
above and foregoing Resolution No. 68-20 was duly and regularly passed and
adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting
held on the 4th day of March, 1968.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 5th day of March, 1968.
Citv Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa