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Woodrow Wilson established Cabrillo National Monument in 1913, in recognition of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo and his voyage of exploration. Cabrillo led the first European expedition to set foot on what would become the west coast of the United States, and the first to chart the coast of California.

The original Cabrillo statue at the site was made by Portuguese sculptor Alvaro DeBree. It was donated to San Francisco in 1939 for the Golden Gate International Exposition, but eventually wound up here, at the monument. Over time, the marine climate and weather of Point Loma eroded the original statue to the point where most details showed visible wear.

Funded by a generous donation from San Diego resident Marian Reupsch, Portuguese sculptor Joas Chartes Almeida carved an exact replica of the original statue out of a more resistant stone, and it was installed in 1988. The new statue stands here, overlooking San Diego Bay, while the original statue was eventually relocated to Ensenada, Mexico. Today, the statue continues to commemorate the voyage of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo and his exploration of California.

In addition to remembering Cabrillo’s story, the monument is a place to experience many other stories of Point Loma. The Kumeyaay, the Old Point Loma Lighthouse, World War II coastal defenses, San Diego’s native coastal sage landscape, tidepools, whale migrations, the local kelp forest, and more all have a story to tell here!

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Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery is a federal military cemetery in the city of San Diego, California. It is located on the grounds of the former Army coastal artillery station Fort Rosecrans and is administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Fort Rosecrans is named after William Starke Rosecrans, a Union general in the American Civil War. The cemetery was registered as California Historical Landmark #55 on December 6, 1932. The cemetery covers an area over 77.5 acres.

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Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego%E2%80%93Coronado_Bridge:

The San Diego–Coronado Bridge, locally referred to as the Coronado Bridge, is a pre-stressed concrete/steel girder bridge fixed-link, crossing over San Diego Bay in the United States, linking San Diego with Coronado, California. The bridge is signed as part of State Route 75.

The principal architect was Robert Mosher. Mosher's job was to build a bridge that would provide transportation, allow ships access to the bay, and serve as an iconic landmark for San Diego. Mosher proposed a basic box and girder style bridge for the framework, with a prestressed concrete and steel deck sitting atop steel girders and supported by towers. Mosher decided to make an orthotropic roadway, which used a stiffening technique that was new to the United States; it increased the strength and resistance of the bridge. As a result, the bridge was strong and eliminated the need for additional superstructures over the deck to disperse weight.

Construction on the San Diego–Coronado Bay Bridge started in February 1967. The bridge required 20,000 tons of steel (13,000 tons in structural steel and 7,000 in reinforcing steel) and 94,000 cubic yards of concrete. To add the concrete girders, 900,000 cubic yards of fill was dredged and the caissons for the towers were drilled and blasted 100 feet into the bed of the bay.

The bridge opened to traffic on August 3, 1969, during the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the founding of San Diego.[8][12] The 11,179-foot-long (3,407 m or 2.1 mi) bridge ascends from Coronado at a 4.67 percent grade before curving 80 degrees toward San Diego. It is supported by 27 concrete girders, the longest ever made at the time of construction.

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Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabrillo_National_Monument:

Cabrillo National Monument (Spanish: Monumento nacional Cabrillo) is at the southern tip of the Point Loma Peninsula in San Diego, California, United States. It commemorates the landing of Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo at San Diego Bay on September 28, 1542. This event marked the first time a European expedition had set foot on what later became the West Coast of the United States. The site was designated as California Historical Landmark #56 in 1932. The area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.

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The original Point Loma Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse located on the Point Loma peninsula at the mouth of San Diego Bay in San Diego, California. It is situated in the Cabrillo National Monument. It is no longer in operation as a lighthouse but is open to the public as a museum. It was built in 1855 by the United States government after California's admission as a state.

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