South Florida National Cemetery

South Florida National Cemetery
Details
Established 2015
Location Lake Worth, Florida
Country United States
Type United States National Cemetery
Owned by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Size 313 acres (127 ha)
Website Official
Find a Grave South Florida National Cemetery
Sign in front of the cemetery.
Headstones, facing west.

South Florida National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery, located in western Lake Worth, Florida.[1] It is maintained by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and it is also one of the newest national cemeteries in the United States, when it opened to the public on April 16, 2007,[2][3] although the official dedication of the cemetery was on March 9, 2008.[4] The federal approval for the 313-acre (127 ha) cemetery was in October 2000.[5]

Notable burials

Claude R. Kirk Jr. (1926 – 2011) 36th Governor of Florida.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/southflorida.asp
  2. ↑ http://www.floridaguard.army.mil/news/read.asp?did=6658
  3. ↑ http://www.a2group.com/aboutus/press_detail.cfm?news=15
  4. ↑ https://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS63716+09-Mar-2008+PRN20080309
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2008-11-20.

Coordinates: 26°34′47″N 80°12′36″W / 26.57972°N 80.21000°W / 26.57972; -80.21000

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