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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 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."
Many post cemeteries have been given national cemetery status as late as 2020, which is considerably later than the original cemetery. For example, Vancouver Barracks post cemetery was established in 1849 and became a national cemetery in 2020—one of 11 cemeteries transferred from the Army to NCA in 2019–2020 per Exec. Order No. 13781, 2017 ...
Fairview Cemetery (Westfield, New Jersey) French-Richards Cemetery (Springfield, New Jersey) (40.6827888144643, -74.31718794108211) Hillside Cemetery, Scotch Plains; Hollywood Memorial Park and Cemetery, Union; St. John's Episcopal Churchyard, Elizabeth; Gods Acre Cemetery, Scotch Plains Presbyterian Church, Scotch Plains; Rahway Cemetery
NJ Military and Veterans Affairs opens first Camden County office. Gannett. Jim Walsh, Cherry Hill Courier-Post. November 14, 2023 at 12:23 PM ... liaison to the Office of Veterans Affairs. ...
In fact, the bill, S-2533/A-1213, which makes a supplemental appropriation of $15 million to Department of Military and Veterans Affairs for New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation to ...
The records of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, which financed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall in Washington, D.C., list Katz’s “home of record” as Santa Monica, California.
National Cemetery Administration: Style: The Honorable: Reports to: Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Appointer: The President with Senate advice and consent: Constituting instrument § 1000 of the National Cemeteries Act, Pub. L. 93–43, S. 49, 87 Stat. 75, enacted June 18, 1973, as amended: Precursor: Director of the National Cemetery System ...