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Cemetery/Gardens of Mission Dolores located at Mision San Francisco de Asis
Restored gardens of historic, traditional, and native trees, shrubs, flowers, and plants of the 1791 period. Rose garden was gifted by Golden Gate Rose Society and is tended by members of the Society every week. Our garden also contains an Ohlone Indian ethno-botanic garden and examples of Native American plants and artifacts
Many notable San Franciscans buried here: Mission Dolores is the final resting place of some 5,000 Ohlone, Miwok, and other First Californians who built Mission Dolores and were its earliest members and founders. Other notables include the first Mexican governor, Luis Antonio Arguello, the first commandant of the Presidio, Lieutenant Moraga, and victims of the Committee of Vigilance, Cora, Casey, and Sullivan. Cemetery markers date from 1830 to about 1898.
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