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120th Anniversary Memorial Commemoration USS Boston Explosion
Sunday,
JUN
10, 2012
3:00 PM MARE ISLAND HERITAGE TRUST — Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve On June 13, 1892, fifteen young sailors from the Protected Cruiser USS Boston were killed in an explosion that rocked the Naval Ammunition Depot and the Navy to the highest levels. Heroic efforts spared even greater losses. Let's honor these men whose final resting place is here in our Naval Cemetery. We have invited the Travis AFB and Marine Corps honor guards. Location: 1595 Railroad Ave Vallejo DIRECTIONS: At the end of Railroad Ave. |
