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Cypress Hills National Cemetery is a 18.2-acre (7.4 ha) cemetery located in the Cypress Hills neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. It is the only United States National Cemetery in New York City and has more than 21,100 interments of veterans and civilians. There are 24 Medal of Honor recipients buried in the cemetery, including ...
- Cypress Hills Cemetery
Cypress Hills Cemetery is a non-sectarian/non-denominational...
- Cypress Hills Cemetery
Cypress Hills National Cemetery is the only United States National Cemetery in New York City and has more than 21,100 interments of veterans and civilians. There are 24 Medal of Honor winners buried in the cemetery, including three men who won the award twice. Veterans of every conflict from the American Revolutionary War through the Vietnam ...
Although Cypress Hills was established to honor Civil War veterans, its grounds include the graves of soldiers who fought in the American Revolution, Spanish-American War, Korean and Vietnam wars. Cypress Hills National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. Monuments and Memorials.
Cypress Hills was one of the first 14 national cemeteries established in 1862. Not only is the cemetery the final resting place for Union and Confederate troops, burials also include veterans of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Spanish-American War, and the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
Cypress Hills Cemetery was founded on November 21, 1848. It is chartered by New York State as a non-profit, non-sectarian, membership corporation and was the first cemetery in Greater New York to be organized under a law which is internationally recognized as “America’s contribution to the civilized burial of the dead.”
A Brief History of Cypress Hills Cemetery. We’re in Brooklyn & Queens Since 1848. Cypress Hills Cemetery, located at 833 Jamaica Avenue in Brooklyn NY, was developed in 1848, the year of the Gold Stampede to California.
