Desert Memorial Park

Desert Memorial Park is a cemetery in Cathedral City, California, United States, near Palm Springs.

[2] Opening in 1956 and receiving its first interment in 1957,[3] it is maintained by the Palm Springs Cemetery District.

[4] The District also maintains the Welwood Murray Cemetery in Palm Springs.

[6] In 2018, the state passed California Assembly Bill 2439 designating the memorial as California's official LGBTQ veterans memorial.

The memorial is an obelisk of South Dakotan mahogany granite with the logo of American Veterans for Equal Rights on it.

The California LGBTQ Veterans Memorial dedicated April 27, 2019, by the State of California
The original plaque below the California LGBTQ Veterans Memorial that was dedicated May 27, 2001, by AMVETS Post 66
Grave of Sonny Bono