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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.
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
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 ]
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."
Pages in category "Burials at Beverly National Cemetery" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Aug. 8—The remains of a World War II airman from Manchester whose plane went down on a 1943 bombing mission in Romania have been identified and will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. A ...
Pages in category "Cemeteries in Burlington County, New Jersey" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The list of cemeteries in the United States includes both active and historic sites, and does not include pet cemeteries. At the end of the list by states, cemeteries in territories of the United States are included. The list is for notable cemeteries and is not an attempt to list all the cemeteries in the United States.