Presidio Pet Cemetery
The oldest grave markers at the half-acre Presidio Pet Cemetery are from the early 1950’s when 2,200 army families were residents. Lieutenant General Joseph Swing was the Presidio commander and he received credit for authorizing the pet cemetery. Many of the military people who buried their pets don’t remember any Army regulations so they buried their animals in this spot because other people had already put their dead pets there. Surrounded by a plain white picket fence, the
