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Established | 1924 |
Location | 6200 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, California |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 38°30′50″N 121°26′18″W / 38.51376°N 121.43828°W |
Type | Jewish |
Size | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
No. of graves | approx. 2700 |
Website |
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Find a Grave | Home of Peace |
The Home of Peace Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery founded in 1924, and located at 6200 Stockton Boulevard in Sacramento, California. [1] [2] This cemetery contains some of the earliest Jewish gravestones in the western United States, moved from Chevra Kaddisha Cemetery. [3]
The Home of Peace Cemetery land was purchased by Congregation B'nai Israel of Sacramento and donated to the Sacramento Benevolent Hebrew Society. [4] The cemetery is a wedge shaped parcel and approximately 10-acres in size. [3] Many of the graves from the precursor Chevra Kaddisha Cemetery (established in 1850), and were moved to Home of Peace Cemetery around the time of its opening in 1924. [5] [4] [6] In a public ceremony in November 1925, Congregation B'nai Israel of Sacramento and Mosaic Law Congregation worked together to consecrate the land. [4]
Home of Peace | |
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| |
Details | |
Established | 1924 |
Location | 6200 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, California |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 38°30′50″N 121°26′18″W / 38.51376°N 121.43828°W |
Type | Jewish |
Size | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
No. of graves | approx. 2700 |
Website |
www |
Find a Grave | Home of Peace |
The Home of Peace Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery founded in 1924, and located at 6200 Stockton Boulevard in Sacramento, California. [1] [2] This cemetery contains some of the earliest Jewish gravestones in the western United States, moved from Chevra Kaddisha Cemetery. [3]
The Home of Peace Cemetery land was purchased by Congregation B'nai Israel of Sacramento and donated to the Sacramento Benevolent Hebrew Society. [4] The cemetery is a wedge shaped parcel and approximately 10-acres in size. [3] Many of the graves from the precursor Chevra Kaddisha Cemetery (established in 1850), and were moved to Home of Peace Cemetery around the time of its opening in 1924. [5] [4] [6] In a public ceremony in November 1925, Congregation B'nai Israel of Sacramento and Mosaic Law Congregation worked together to consecrate the land. [4]