Home of Peace
Details
Established1924
Location
6200 Stockton Boulevard, Sacramento, California
CountryUnited States
Coordinates38°30′50″N 121°26′18″W / 38.51376°N 121.43828°W / 38.51376; -121.43828
TypeJewish
Size10 acres (4.0 ha)
No. of gravesapprox. 2700
Websitewww.homeofpeacecemetery.com
Find a GraveHome 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]

History

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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Western States Jewish History. Southern California Jewish Historical Society. 2006.
  2. ↑ Burek, Deborah M. (1994). Cemeteries of the U.S.: A Guide to Contact Information for U.S. Cemeteries and Their Records. Gale Research Incorporated. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-8103-9245-8.
  3. 1 2 "Ill-suited Neighbors, Cemetery Owners Not Pleased with Adjoining Junkyard". The Sacramento Bee. 1987-06-12. p. 1. ISSN 0890-5738. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  4. 1 2 3 "Jews to Dedicated New Burial Ground". The Sacramento Bee. 1925-11-25. p. 14. ISSN 0890-5738. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  5. ↑ "City's first Jewish cemetery was located in today's East Sacramento". Valley Community Newspapers. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  6. ↑ Simpson, Lee M. A. (2004). East Sacramento. Arcadia Publishing. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-7385-2931-8.
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