14451 Bledsoe Street, Sylmar, CA 91342 Map
California State Historic Landmark 753 - L.A. Historic Cultural Monument 586
The Pioneer Memorial Cemetery in Sylmar is the second oldest cemetery in the San Fernando Valley. Within its grounds lie the remains of individuals who have their own histories to tell, from veterans of several wars to helpless infants, from victims of disease or natural disasters to those who simply had no where else to rest. The cemetery's story is a fascinating one. Won't you help us put the cemetery into its proper historical context?
Pioneer Cemetery open the 3rd Saturday of the month. Press Release M-S Word doc 52K Flyer M-S Word doc 75K
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 Landscaping/weed abatement |
| Publicity |
| Fund raising |
| Event planning |
| General Maintenance |
| Committee volunteers |
 Front historical marker |
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Pioneer Memorial Cemetery became California State Historical Landmark No. 753 in 1961. It is located at the corner of Foothill Boulevard and Bledsoe Street in Sylmar. |
| Concrete paths wind amid the remaining monuments, some of which date from the late 1800s. | |
 Several upright graves, path |
 Gravestone broken |
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Vandals became a problem in the 1960s and 1970s, and many headstones were stolen, knocked down, or broken. |
| Some families chose to protect their loved ones from vandals. | |
 Bench & protected grave |
 2 stones down, 1 upright |
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Before the cemetery was protected by a stonework and wrought iron fence, vandals often drove vehicles into the cemetery for sport, knocking down and destroying the grave markers. |
| This monument is that for a young child. | |
 Reed monument |
 S. Reed monument |
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Another marker in the Reed family plot. |
| Watering, weed abatement and gopher eradication has become major concerns in recent years. | |
 Lone marker |
 Camino real bell |
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A bell from El Camino Real resides in the cemetery |
| Years of exposure have corroded this copper plate containing the names of those buried at the cemetery. | |
 Copper plate corroded |
Memorial Bricks
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| A beautiful entrance to the San Fernando Pioneer Memorial Cemetery will memorialize those who are buried at the cemetery, but whose graves are unmarked due to long-term vandalism. This project will ensure these Valley pioneers will be remembered for generations to come. |
Adopt-A-Plot
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"Edie's Dream" Daily News 9/28/03 (EdiesDream.jpg 103KB)
Pioneer Memorial Cemetery Historical Data
Historical Society gains ownership interest in Pioneer Cemetery in Sylmar
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