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Order Number	00050222
Title	Honoring America's veterans
Photographer	Sergieff, Mike.
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box Holiday.
Date	1987
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w
Description	Boy Scouts place flags on each of the 77,000 graves at the Veterans National Cemetery in Westwood in observance of Memorial Day. Originally a 20-acre tract of land, the Los Angeles National Cemetery opened as one of 11 facilities operated by the Veterans Administration on lands shared with national veterans' homes or asylums for disabled soldiers. It was dedicated on May 22, 1889, and through the years has expanded to 114.5 acres. Those interred there are war veterans from the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, and other American conflicts; the number of interments through fiscal year 2006 was 85,160. The Los Angeles National Cemetery is located at 950 South Sepulveda Boulevard and Wilshire Boulevard. Photo dated: May 24, 1987.
Subject	Boy Scouts of America. Los Angeles National Cemetery. Cemeteries--California--Westwood (Los Angeles). Veterans--United States. Flags. Memorial Day. Westwood (Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection