Raleigh National Cemetery


Raleigh National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Raleigh in Wake County, North Carolina. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses, and as of the end of 2005, had 6,000 interments. It is currently closed to new interments and is maintained by New Bern National Cemetery.

History

The cemetery was established in 1865. The cemetery lodge formerly housed the cemetery superintendents / directors. It was built in 1938, and is a two-story, six-room Colonial Revival frame building with a brick veneer and slate roof. Other contributing resources are the entrance gate, perimeter wall, rostrum, flagpole, and artillery monument. Raleigh National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Notable monuments

  • The Artillery Monument, a black iron wrought cannon mounted on a cement pedestal, erected circa 1890.

Notable interments