Burials began in 1856 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, which shut down in 1996, More than 900 people are buried in the cemetery ...

Major items included in the current design are the repairment or replacing of headstones, the installation of turf, plantings ...

So says David J. Leavitt, president of the American Legion Riders District 10 from San Leandro who attended the Memorial Day commemoration at the Mare Island Naval Cemetery (MINC) on Monday, along ...

VALLEJO — For several months, it looked as though the crumbling Mare Island Naval Cemetery might be saved by the government for which those buried within it gave their last full measure of devotion, ...

Ernest Hemmingway once said that, “Every man has two deaths, when he is buried in the ground and the last time someone says his name.” Steve Nash of the Navy League of the U.S. Vallejo Council and ...

VALLEJO, Calif. (KRON) — A memorial event was held on Mare Island this weekend to honor the submariners lost during World War II. The event, organized for the 19th year by Myrna Hayes and Larry ...

Threaded Roots: Quilts That Speak, noon, Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum734 Marin St., Vallejo. Jan. 8: Geoffrey Miller, 6:30 p.m., Empress Marquee Club, 324 Virginia St., Vallejo. Jan. 9: ...