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Fayetteville National Cemetery

Memorials	:	123
Location	:	Fayetteville, Washington County, USA
Phone	:	(479) 442-2566
Coordinate	:	36.0527400, -94.1682100
Description	:	Office Hours: Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed federal holidays except Memorial Day. Visitation Hours: Open daily from sunrise to sunset. In 1867, the first five acres for the national cemetery were purchased from local residents David Walker and Stephen K. Stone. The original layout of the cemetery, according to a sketch, is of an outer circle surrounding a six-pointed star with diamonds between the points of the star and a flagpole in the center. There were eighteen sections with an estimated capacity of 1,800 graves. During World War II, the layout was revised and five sections were added. The first... Read More	Office Hours: Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed federal holidays except Memorial Day. Visitation Hours: Open daily from sunrise to sunset. In 1867, the first five acres for the national cemetery were purchased from local residents David Walker and Stephen K. Stone. The original layout of the cemetery, according to a sketch, is of an outer circle surrounding a six-pointed star with diamonds between the points of the star and a flagpole in the center. There were eighteen sections with an estimated capacity of 1,800 graves. During World War II, the layout was revised and five sections were added. The first burials were the remains of Union soldiers disinterred from local Civil War battlefields such as Pea Ridge, Prairie Grove and Elk Horn Tavern. Interments were originally made with the headstone and inscription facing the flagpole. An inspection report dated May 1871 states there were 1,210 interments in the cemetery, "the greater portion being unknown white soldiers." When the new sections were added in the mid-20th century cemetery, the placement of headstones was altered so that the inscriptions face the interred remains. In 1989, the Regional National Cemetery Improvement Corporation, a group of citizens, veterans, and officials of the city of Fayetteville and the state of Arkansas, formed to raise funds to purchase land for the expansion of the cemetery. On Jan. 26, 1990, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs accepted their donation of three acres of land adjacent to the cemetery. Fayetteville National Cemetery was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 28, 1999 and later added to the Civil War Discovery Trail. Monuments and Memorials A carillon was donated by the American Veterans as part of their international living-memorial program, which began shortly after World War II. The Revolutionary War Soldier Memorial and 1st Marine Division memorials were installed during the 1990s. A Purple Heart Memorial was dedicated in 2000 in honor of all Purple Heart recipients interred at the cemetery.

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Where is Fayetteville National Cemetery?
Fayetteville National Cemetery is located at 1000 S. Lt. Col. Leroy Pond Avenue Fayetteville, Washington County ,Arkansas , 72701USA.
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113 memorials
Where are the coordinates of the Fayetteville National Cemetery?
Latitude: 36.0527400
Longitude: -94.1682100

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23. Flynn Family Cemetery
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24. Samuel Gilbert Woolsey Homestead Cemetery
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Fayetteville National Cemetery

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