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On 27 October 2023, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced that the ship would be named after Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), which is informally known as "Balboa Naval Hospital", to "honor the legacy and commitment of Navy doctors, nurses, corpsmen, and staff of Balboa Naval Hospital in caring for the needs of U.S. Service ...
As the United States entered World War I, San Diegans offered the nearly empty Balboa Park after the 1915 Panama–California Exposition to be used by various branches of the U.S. military for barracks and training purposes. [1] During this time, a hospital tent was set up at the present location of the San Diego Natural History Museum. [2]
Balboa Park is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) historic urban cultural park in San Diego, California. [3] [4] Placed in reserve in 1835, the park's site is one of the oldest in the United States dedicated to public recreational use.
San Diego's Balboa Park. Arcadia Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7385-4754-1; McClain, Molly. "A Room of Their Own: The Contribution of Women to the Panama-California Exposition, 1915." The Journal of San Diego History, 61, no. 1 (Winter 2015). The Official Guide Book of the Panama California Exposition San Diego 1915.
Veterans Museum and Memorial Center . The San Diego Veterans Museum is a museum in Balboa Park in San Diego, California.Founded in 1989, it is dedicated to create, maintain, and operate an institution to honor and perpetuate the memories of all men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces. [1]
El Prado Complex is a historic district in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. The 13-acre (5.3 ha) complex includes 13 contributing buildings and one contributing structure. The 13-acre (5.3 ha) complex includes 13 contributing buildings and one contributing structure.
The gate was near the entrance to the 11 acres (4.5 ha) set aside in Balboa Park, the eventual construction and restoration site of a Japanese garden. In 1977, after hearing the plans by many San Diegans to reestablish a Japanese garden, Yokohama gave San Diego 100 cherry blossom trees that now blossom at the Wild Animal Park.
The House of Charm is a historic museum building in Balboa Park in San Diego, California.It was built for the 1915–16 Panama–California Exposition, and like most buildings from the exposition, it features Mission Revival architecture.