Desert Memorial Park


Desert Memorial Park is a cemetery in Cathedral City, California, United States, near Palm Springs. Opening in 1956 and receiving its first interment in 1957, it is maintained by the Palm Springs Cemetery District. The District also maintains the Welwood Murray Cemetery in Palm Springs.

Notable interments

Among those buried here are:
In 2001 a memorial specifically honoring LGBTQ veterans was dedicated in the cemetery, called the LGBTQ Veterans Memorial. In 2018, a law designating the LGBTQ Veterans Memorial as California's official LGBTQ veterans memorial was enacted. The memorial is an obelisk of South Dakotan mahogany granite with the logo of American Veterans for Equal Rights on it.