The Veterans Museum and Memorial Center is a museum located in historic
Balboa Park of
San Diego, California
San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the eighth most populous city in the United States ...
. Founded in 1989, it is dedicated to create, maintain, and operate an institution to honor and perpetuate the memories of all men and women who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America.
The museum currently resides in the former Chapel of the Old
Balboa Naval Hospital
Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), also known as Bob Wilson Naval Hospital and informally referred to as "Balboa Hospital", or "The Pink Palace" (because the stucco of the first buildings that were constructed was pinkish in color), is a tech ...
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References
External links
Official web site
Military and war museums in California
Balboa Park (San Diego)
Museums established in 1989
Museums in San Diego
1989 establishments in California
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