To observe Independence Day this year, I made another visit to the
Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland. I missed the Memorial Day weekend tour of
the Civil War section, given by the Mountain View Cemetery docents. I thought
it was fitting to visit the cemetery for Independence Day, despite quite a time
lapse between the nation’s Revolution and Civil War.
The Civil War section is easy to find - drive up the central axis and turn left at the second fountain. The section is surrounded by a chain of cannon balls set in cement. Several canons stand in position as if to guard the site. A monument to “Our Nation’s Honored Dead” stands in the center of the memorial, added a generation after the war. Veterans of the Civil War are buried in this place. A mature Magnolia tree (Magnolia grandiflora) spreads its branches over the grave stones.
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| Civil War memorial in the Mountain View Cemetery. |
The Civil War section is easy to find - drive up the central axis and turn left at the second fountain. The section is surrounded by a chain of cannon balls set in cement. Several canons stand in position as if to guard the site. A monument to “Our Nation’s Honored Dead” stands in the center of the memorial, added a generation after the war. Veterans of the Civil War are buried in this place. A mature Magnolia tree (Magnolia grandiflora) spreads its branches over the grave stones.
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| Our Nation's Honored Dead 1861 - 1865. |
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