|
|
Article: Honolulu's renovated Punchbowl. (Honolulu's National Memorial Cemetery)
- Article from:
- Sunset
- Article date:
- June 1, 1991
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1991 Sunset Publishing Corp. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Honolulu's renovated Punchbowl It is surely, one of the most beautiful final resting places in the world. High above the Pacific, in the crater of an extinct volcano, row on row of granite grave markers march across the seamless green lawn. Trade winds unfurl the American flag and stir the leaves of the frangipani and monkeypod trees. This is Honolulu's National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, better known as Punchbowl.
Ernie Pyle is buried here, and Challenger astronaut Ellison Onizuka, and nearly 30,000 veterans of World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf. Punchbowl's melding of military tradition with natural splendor has made it one of the most ...