South_Florida_National_Cemetery

South Florida National Cemetery

South Florida National Cemetery

Veterans cemetery in Palm Beach County, Florida

South Florida National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery, located in western Lake Worth, Florida.[1] It is maintained by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and it is also one of the newest national cemeteries in the United States, when it opened to the public on April 16, 2007,[2][3] although the official dedication of the cemetery was on March 9, 2008.[4] The federal approval for the 313-acre (127 ha) cemetery was in October 2000.[5]

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Sign in front of the cemetery.
Headstones, facing west.

Notable burials

References

  1. [1]
    "South Florida National Cemetery - National Cemetery Administration".
  2. [2]
    http://www.floridaguard.army.mil/news/read.asp?did=6658
  3. [3]
    "A2 Group, Inc. South Florida National Cemetery Opened". www.a2group.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-30.
  4. [4]
    Reuters
  5. [5]
    "New South Florida Cemetery". Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
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