RIVERSIDE, Calif., Nov. 9, 1999 – About 85 of the 150 living Medal of Honor recipients attended the dedication Nov. 5 of the Medal of Honor Memorial at Riverside National Cemetery here. Ten widows of recipients also attended.

The memorial honors all 3,410 Medal of Honor recipients. Congress sanctioned this site, along with a memorial in Indianapolis and a museum in Mount Pleasant, S.C., in October in the National Medal of Honor Memorial Act.