Editing Rosemead, California (section)

== Places of interest ==
The Dinsmoor Heritage House is a bijou [[museum]] that houses, preserves and displays a showcase of the colorful and rich history of the City of Rosemead.  Once a private home, it was built in the late 1920s by Adelberrt Dinsmoor, son of one of Rosemead's pioneers, Raphael Dinsmoor. Currently closed to undergoing refurbishing,  it will again conduct monthly tours and host a variety of special events when completed. It is located at 9642 Steele Street.<ref name="cityofrosemead.org">[http://www.cityofrosemead.org/index.aspx?page=78 City of Rosemead : City Facilities<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

The Marinelli Stadium, named in memory of [[Rod Marinelli]], formerly the head coach of the Detroit Lions, is located at Rosemead High School.  "Rod Marinelli Stadium" appears in lights above the scoreboard and an encrypted bronze marker is placed at the southern edge of the field on a large  stone.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.placesonline.com/north_america/united_states/california/rosemead/landmarks_and_historic_sites/marinelli_stadium.asp|title=Marinelli Stadium Rosemead – Monuments and Historic Buildings|website=www.placesonline.com}}</ref>

There are two community centers in Rosemead that offer multi-purpose facilities for a large variety of occasions as well as  senior activities, adult education programs, youth and adult classes, as well as two preschools.<ref name="cityofrosemead.org" />

The city has completed a complete renovation, from the ground up, at both city aquatic centers.  Rosemead Aquatic Center, located in Rosemead Park, features swim, water polo and diving facilities as well as swim classes and recreation areas. Garvey Aquatic Center is now a state of the art recreational aquatic facility featuring water slides, interactive play areas and a lesson pool. Showers at both pools have been updated for resource efficiency. The city completed these plans on schedule for the summer of 2011.<ref>[http://www.cityofrosemead.org/index.aspx?page=13&recordid=429&returnURL=%2findex.aspx City of Rosemead : City News : Rosemead and Garvey Pool Bid Packets<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>  Garvey Aquatic Center was funded entirely through a grant from the State of California. Rosemead Aquatic Center was funded by bond proceeds.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.cityofrosemead.org/index.aspx?page=396 | title=City of Rosemead : Aquatic Centers| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508231938/http://www.cityofrosemead.org/index.aspx?page=396| archive-date=May 8, 2011}}</ref>

=== City parks ===
*Garvey Park, located at 7933 Emerson Place.
*Rosemead Park and 1/2-Mile Fitness Trail located at 4343 Encinita Avenue.
* Klingerman Park, located at 8800 Klingerman Avenue.
*Sally Tanner Park, at 8343 E Mission Drive.
*Zapopan Park, at 3018 N. Charlotte Avenue.
* Jay Imperial Park, located at 2373 Pine Street.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_18555138 |title=Longtime Rosemead city councilman Imperial dies at 81|website=San Gabriel Valley Tribune|access-date=December 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805112357/http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_18555138|archive-date=5 August 2011|url-status=dead|author-last1=Velasco|author-first1=J. D. |date=26 July 2011}}</ref>

=== Savannah Pioneer Cemetery ===
{{Main|Savannah Memorial Park}}
Before the Civil War, many Southern families settled in [[El Monte, California|El Monte]], then called Lexington. The community of Rosemead, then called Savannah, {{Citation needed|date=March 2011}} is located adjacent to El Monte and is situated above the water table. The slightly elevated land made it the logical alternative as the burial site for residents of swampy Lexington. The first known burial was in 1846, five years before most of the settlers arrived. Today the 41/2 acre cemetery, with 200 plots remaining of its original 3,000, is  privately owned by the El Monte Cemetery Association.  When the City of Rosemead started to widen [[Valley Boulevard]] in the 1920s, construction crews unearthed dozens of corpses outside the fence of the cemetery. The majority of the skeletons were reburied in a mass grave inside the cemetery proper, but some were so deteriorated that the workers left them undisturbed and simply paved over them so that there are more graves scattered under Valley Boulevard and beneath adjacent area businesses. The area also was a Native American burial ground before the bodies of settlers filled the cemetery.<ref name="usgennet.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/state/El_Monte_Cemetery_Rpt.htm|title=California Saving Graves<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=August 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804005733/http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ca/state/El_Monte_Cemetery_Rpt.htm|archive-date=August 4, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Savannah Pioneer Cemetery is located at the intersection of [[Mission Drive (Los Angeles County)|Mission Drive]] and Valley Boulevard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://savannahpioneercem.blogspot.com/ |title=Savannah Pioneer Cemetery |publisher=Savannahpioneercem.blogspot.com |access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref> It is reputed to be the oldest Protestant cemetery in [[Los Angeles County]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/savannah-cem.htm |title=Southern California Genealogical Society: Savannah Memorial Park |access-date=December 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016052647/http://scgsgenealogy.com/savannah-cem.htm |archive-date=October 16, 2012 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> The El Monte Cemetery Association, incorporated in 1920, is responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the cemetery. The association's funding comes from private donations and fundraising activities.<ref name="usgennet.org" />