Cemetery a Day in May: Welcome to National!
Cemetery Log Date: May 1, 2013
National Cemetery
is located south of downtown St. Augustine along Marine Street. Don’t let the fence scare you off, the
cemetery is indeed open to the public.
You can visit it any day, but in May especially there are excellent
programs on and around Memorial Day. Greg Moore, Command Historian for the National
Guard, gives tours and lectures Memorial Day weekend. Post a comment below if you’ve heard of any
other public events!
Who: Managed by Bushnell National Cemetery
What: 1.4 acre, well-manicured park with variety of monuments, headstones, historical marker
Where: 104 Marine Street, St. Augustine, FL 32084 Link to Google Map
Where: 104 Marine Street, St. Augustine, FL 32084 Link to Google Map
When: Open dusk till
dawn 365 days a year
Why: - The earliest internment in this military cemetery is 1828.
- It became Florida’s first designated National Cemetery in 1881.
- Three coquina stone pyramids (Dade Monuments) cover the remains of 1,468 soldiers who died during Florida’s Second Seminole War, from 1835 to 1842.
For more information:
Text & Image: Sarah Miller, FPAN staff, with bullets from Written in Stone: Historic Cemeteries of St. Johns County poster.
For previous posts search: Cemetery a Day in May or #CaDiM
2013 #CaDiM posts
Intro, May 1: National, May 2: Oakdale, May 3: Murphy's Creek, May 4: Mt. Olive, May 5: Bosque Bello, May 6: Old City, May 7: Espanola, May 8: Tolomato, May 9: Pacetti, May 10: West View, May 11: Magnolia Springs, May 12: St. Peter's, May 13: Gravely Hill, May 14: Pilgrim's Rest, May 15: God's Little Acre, May 16: Dummet's Grave, May 17: No Name, May 18: St. Monica, May 19: St. Joseph's, May 20: Old St. Joseph's (Duval), May 21: Sampson, May 22: Fernandez Reserve, May 23: St. Ambrose, May 24: Sons of Israel, May 25: Sanksville, May 26: Huguenot, May 27: Nombre de Dios, May 28: Beresford, May 29: Jones, May 30: San Sebastian/Pinehurst, May 31: Oaklynn
For previous posts search: Cemetery a Day in May or #CaDiM
2013 #CaDiM posts
Intro, May 1: National, May 2: Oakdale, May 3: Murphy's Creek, May 4: Mt. Olive, May 5: Bosque Bello, May 6: Old City, May 7: Espanola, May 8: Tolomato, May 9: Pacetti, May 10: West View, May 11: Magnolia Springs, May 12: St. Peter's, May 13: Gravely Hill, May 14: Pilgrim's Rest, May 15: God's Little Acre, May 16: Dummet's Grave, May 17: No Name, May 18: St. Monica, May 19: St. Joseph's, May 20: Old St. Joseph's (Duval), May 21: Sampson, May 22: Fernandez Reserve, May 23: St. Ambrose, May 24: Sons of Israel, May 25: Sanksville, May 26: Huguenot, May 27: Nombre de Dios, May 28: Beresford, May 29: Jones, May 30: San Sebastian/Pinehurst, May 31: Oaklynn