Wiktionary
n. (context US English) A cemetery.
WordNet
n. a tract of land used for burials [syn: cemetery, graveyard, burial site, burial ground, burying ground, necropolis]
Wikipedia
Memorial Park may refer to:
In the United States: A memorial park may be either a public park dedicated in memorial to an event, or a cemetery (modern term for such).
San Mateo County's Memorial Park is located in Loma Mar and is operated by the San Mateo County Department of Parks. The park encompasses , and includes old-growth redwood trees, eight miles (13 km) of hiking trails, camping areas, picnic facilities, a visitor center, a camp store, a creek swimming area, and campfire programs. Pescadero Creek, which provides winter habitat for steelhead trout, runs through the park. Bloomquist, Hoffman, McCormick, and Peterson Creeks join Pescadero Creek within the park boundaries.
Memorial Park trails link to Pescadero Creek Park from the Hoffman Flat Trailhead along the Old Haul Road trail, which also links into Sam McDonald County Park, Portola Redwoods State Park, and Big Basin Redwoods State Park (via easement across private lands).
The county acquired most of the land for the park by 1924. The park was initially established during the Depression as a camp for workers of the Works Project Administration, during which many of the existing facilities were built. The park's name commemorates the men of San Mateo County who died in World War I.
Memorial Park is a park located at 6005 Underwood Avenue near the Dundee neighborhood of Omaha, Nebraska. The park was created as a memorial for all of the men and women from Douglas County who have served in the armed forces.
Memorial Park, in Hayward, California, is a public park managed by the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District. The park contains an indoor swim center, the Hayward Plunge, which opened in 1936. the park is the access point to the Greenbelt Trails, which follow Ward Creek Canyon adjacent to California State University, East Bay. The park has a small bandstand with musical events offered on major holidays. It borders on Mount Saint Joseph Cemetery.
Memorial Park is a public park, located on the St. Johns River in Riverside, one of the most historic neighborhoods near downtown Jacksonville, Florida. It is the third oldest park in the city.
Memorial Park is a public, urban park in Raymore, Missouri. Located at 400 Park Lane in Raymore, Memorial Park is bordered by Raymore Elementary School on the East and Lucy Webb Road on the South. The park contains a pleasant mix of passive and active space. It is also home numerous community events and festivals.
Usage examples of "memorial park".
Another time he had sent Mike to Memorial Park, where the Standpipe was, to look at the birdbath, and once they had gone to the courthouse together to look at a terrible machine that Chief Borton had found in the attic.
As the curtain of twilight pulled down the heavier drape of night, the memorial park's security guard began driving slowly around the grounds, warning the few late visitors that the gates would soon close.
Several times they'd had coffee in the Policemen's Memorial Park, next to the field office.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, overlooking beautiful downtown Glendale has to be the wildest spot around.
He left the building and walked to a bench in the small war memorial park, a stretch of lawn between the library and railroad station.
The Daddy swaggered up our street, turned left into Albany Road, right into Moby Dick Terrace, swaggered past the hut of Mother Demdike, then past the Memorial Park, turned right at the Memorial Library and eventually swaggered into the Butts Estate, where all the posh people of Brentford lived.
The twelve of them would fit nicely into one flier, and Dern planned to give the whole thing a pleasant informality by flying up to the new memorial park for a picnic.
A shock wave spread across the grass of the Memorial Park, stiffening the coarse blades into regi.
A shock wave spread across the grass of the Memorial Park, stiffening the coarse blades into regimented rows.
A cop was standing by its frontage on Nixon Memorial Park, but he did not look at Richards as he stepped out.
The Brentford Olympic squad were bending their knees in the Memorial Park to the rallying cries of Father Moity, and the sun was shining bravely in a sky that was rich and blue and cloudless.
Do you see any cows grazing in the Memorial Park, or any hop fields or tobacco plantations?
At the memorial park, the lumbering, frozen form of an abandoned cymek warrior stood like a specter in the bright afternoon.