Plans for Anaheim Hills Veterans Cemetery Move Forward

Plans for Anaheim Hills Veterans Cemetery Move Forward
Louise Lombardi of Baldwin, N.Y., visits the gravesite of her father Joseph Lombardi who was a World War II Veteran at Long Island National Cemetery on May 24, 2020, in Farmingdale, N.Y. Al Bello/Getty Images
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IRVINE, Calif.—The Orange County Board of Supervisors (BOS) on July 27 approved a $20 million spending plan for a veteran’s cemetery in Anaheim Hills.

The cemetery was initially planned to be based at a former Marine Corps. Air Station in Irvine, but when those plans fell through after years of political controversy, the site moved to Gypsum Canyon.