Military & Veteran Memorials

The Kitsap Peninsula is home to dozens of military, cemeteries,  memorials, dedications, and historic sites that provide representation for those that served our country in any of the six branches of the military. Some of the sites date back to the Spanish War and represent fallen soldiers in World War I and II, the Korean and Vietnam Wars.

Tomb of Unknown Solider at Ivy Green Cememtery in Bremerton

VETERAN INFORMATION & ACTIVITIES

The Kitsap County Veterans Advisory Board webpage on the Kitsap County website offers information and links to many services and activities. Click here for details.

The KCVAB recently produced and excellent slide show of local Military and Veteran Memorials. We want to thank Edward Palm, PhD, (USMC, retired) for his photography. Click here to download a PDF of Kitsap County Memorial locations.

Another excellent guide is the Kitsap County Veterans Memorials & Museums written and researched by Marion (Mick) T. Hersey, Historical Memorial Preservationist. Click here to download a PDF of those locations.

Along the waterfront between Bremerton and Gorst, you see the amazing site of mothballed aircraft carriers and other ships. Click here for lots of photos the Navy fleet of inactive aircraft carriers located near Bremerton Charleston Beach Road West, Bremerton, WA 98312. Click for Google Map.

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	city(ies)		category(ies)		contact info		description
	Bainbridge Island  add item		Military & Veteran Memorials		Bainbridge Island Veteren Memorials		Bainbridge Island is named after Commodore William Bainbridge.  On Bainbridge Island you will find three areas housing Veteran Memorials: Bainbridge Memorial Field (located at Bainbridge Island High School), Bainbridge Island Japanese American Memorial, and Fort Ward.
	Bremerton  add item		Military & Veteran Memorials		Bataan Park Corner of Sylvan & Olympus Bremerton, WA 98310 360.473.5305 Request Info		One acre grassland, overlooking a spectacular view of the Olympic Mountains, is a park offering picnic tables and benches. Also houses the  Bataan Monument, honoring the survivors of the WWII Bataan Death March.
	Tracyton  add item		Military & Veteran Memorials		Blue Star Memorial Marker 7601 Tracyton Blvd		Blue Star Highway Memorial Marker is located before turning in to the Kitsap County Fairgrounds. It was placed in 1988 to honor our Veterans by the Garden Club and is adjacent to the J.A. & Anna F. Smith Park.
	Port Gamble  add item		Military & Veteran Memorials		Buena Vista (Port Gamble Historic) Cemetery		The Port Gamble town cemetery dates from 1856 when U.S. Navy Coxswain Gustave Englebrecht of the U.S.S. Massachusetts died in a skirmish with Haida raiders, in the French & Indian War in Port Gamble. Englebrecht is credited with being the first U.S. Navy man killed in the Pacific. Town founder Josiah Keller died in 1862 in Victoria and he is buried here in a plot surrounded by an iron fence, but without a headstone. The cemetery is located at NE Walker and Pacific in Port Gamble
	Bremerton  add item		Military & Veteran Memorials		Evergreen Rotary Park 1400 Park AVE Bremerton, WA 98337 360.473.5305 Request Info		Play at the beach or enjoy Concerts in the Park (June/July) Evergreen Rotary Park offers: 10 acres, 1,900 feet of shoreline, group shelter, shelters, picnic tables, BBQs, 2 half-court basketball, boat launch, sand volleyball court, 75 parking spaces.  Home to Bremerton World War I Memorial with 40MM saluting guns (Mark V & Mark 11) off of USS West Virginia and bronze plaques listing Bremerton service members who lost their lives in the Great War. Also, in the process of being constructed, is a 911 and Veteran's memorial.
	Bremerton  add item		Military & Veteran Memorials		Hal's Corner		Two sets of 40 MM Bofors guns and an anchor from the USS Bremerton are located in this park area in honor of Hal Fischler, founding father of the Navy League in Bremerton.
	Bremerton  add item		Military & Veteran Memorials		Harborside Fountain Park Pacific Avenue		The Harborside Fountain Park includes the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Memorial Plaza dedicated to shipyard workers and shipyard founder, Lt. Ambrose Wycoff.  On the other side of the ferry terminal is the Louis B. Mentor Boardwalk which includes the memorial for the USS Franklin CV-13, the Vietnam icon USS Turner Joy, and at the end of the marina stands the Lone Sailor Statue.
	Bremerton  add item		Military & Veteran Memorials		Illahee State Park 3540 Bahia Vista Bremerton, WA 98310 Request Info		ILLAHEE STATE PARK is a 75-acre marine camping park with 1,785 feet of saltwater frontage on Port Orchard Bay. The park has plenty of parking space, lots of fresh air, facilities for a number of outdoor activities and access to a variety of water sports. At the park entrance there is a set of 5"/51 guns off of the USS West Virginia, (BB-48). There are two plaques, one honors all who have served this country; the other plaque honors Mr. Earle Henry Harkins, shipyard worker and first caretaker of the park.
	Bremerton  add item		Military & Veteran Memorials		Ivy Green Cemetery 1410 Naval AVE Bremerton, WA 98337 360.478.5305		Ivy Green Cemetery is a division of the Bremerton Parks & Recreation Department and has a large military section with all services represented and is the site of the "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier" and a reflecting wall honoring those fallen military men and women. John H. Nibbe, Civil War hero is also buried here, as well as Wesley Harris, the Marine that Navy gun range on way the to Seabeck is named after. Open until 8PM or dusk.
	Keyport  add item		Military & Veteran Memorials		Keyport Saltwater Park		The Keyport Saltwater Park houses an old memorial anchor that dates back to 1942.  Directly across the street is the Naval Undersea Museum where guests may explore and learn about life under the sea, torpedoes and underwater exploration.

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