Photo #: NH 102775
Bennington National Cemetary, San Diego, California
Fine-screen reproduction of an aerial photograph taken circa
1948 and published on a postal card by Ben Davis White, San Diego.
The shaft of the Bennington Monument is visible in the
upper right. It was dedicated in January 1908 as a memorial to
the men lost in the 21 July 1905 boiler explosion on board USS
Bennington (Gunboat # 4) at San Diego.
Donation of H.E. ("Ed") Coffer.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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