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Content related to cemeteries located in the U. S. State of Louisiana which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (the United States' official national heritage register) and other listed properties that include places of interment: graveyards, burial plots, crypts, mausoleums, or tombs.
This is a list of properties and districts in Louisiana that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are listings in each of Louisiana's 64 parishes . The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below), may be seen in a map by clicking on "Map of ...
This list of cemeteries in Louisiana includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
In 1867, an 8-acre (3.2 ha) plot was appropriated from a local resident to establish the Alexandria National Cemetery. It was originally intended as a place to bury Union soldiers who died in the area during the Civil War, but later, remains from Mount Pleasant, Cheneyville, Yellow Bayou, and Fort Brown, Texas, were re-interred in Alexandria.
The National Cemetery Administration lists a total of 73 Civil War-Era National Cemeteries from 1861 to 1868. [ 9 ] Final military honors are provided for qualified Veterans by volunteer veteran or National Guard details known as Memorial Honor Details (MHD), upon application by family members through their choice of mortuary handling the deceased.
Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana (23 P) Pages in category "Cemeteries in Louisiana" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
Alexandria National Cemetery is the name of two US National Cemeteries: Alexandria National Cemetery (Alexandria, Virginia) , in Virginia Alexandria National Cemetery (Alexandria, Louisiana) , in Louisiana, listed on the NRHP
Baton Rouge National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in East Baton Rouge Parish, in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It encompasses 7.7 acres (3.1 ha), and as of 2020, had over 5,000 interments. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 9, 1997. [1]