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The creation of the cemetery arose from a 1965 need when at that time the only two federal veterans' cemeteries in the state were full. [3] The cemetery opened as New Jersey's first state-operated veterans' cemetery, serving as "a lasting memorial to those men and women who put their lives on the line to defend our country's honor and freedom."
Finn's Point National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Pennsville Township, Salem County, New Jersey, United States. It encompasses 4.6 acres (1.9 ha), and as of February 2009, had 3,033 interments.
Fairview Cemetery (Westfield, New Jersey) French-Richards Cemetery (Springfield, New Jersey) (40.6827888144643, -74.31718794108211) Hillside Cemetery, Scotch Plains
Beverly National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Edgewater Park Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs , it encompasses 64.6 acres (26.1 ha), and as 2021 had over 50,000 interments.
The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 military cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial places came during the American Civil War , in an act passed by the U.S. Congress on July 17, 1862. [ 1 ]
Vito Trause (1925–2019), United States Army veteran, World War II prisoner of war, and well-known community figure in New Jersey. [3] Lamont Coleman (1974–1999), known professionally as Big L, American rapper and songwriter. Thomas Eboli, mobster and acting boss of the Genovese crime family.
Harleigh Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery [1] located in both Collingswood and Camden, New Jersey. Harleigh Cemetery and Crematorium is one of the oldest cemeteries in New Jersey. [citation needed] It was named Camden County Veterans Cemetery in 2007.
Fort Mott State Park was opened to the public on June 24, 1951. The site is operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry, and is located in Pennsville Township, New Jersey. Fort Mott and Finn's Point National Cemetery were listed together on the National Register of Historic Places on August 31, 1978. [7]