Georgia National Cemetery, Canton Georgia
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Georgia National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located near the city of Canton, in Cherokee County, Georgia. It encompasses 774.9 acres, and is currently undergoing development with the intention of servicing the interment needs of United States military veterans and their families for the next fifty years
Waymark Code: WM1T7R
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/05/2007
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The Georgia National Cemetery is conveniently located off of State Road 20 in Cherokee County about 40 miles north of downtown Atlanta and is one of the newest national cemeteries.
The 775-acre cemetery lies midway between Cartersville and Canton, near the Etowah River, offering views of the Blue Ridge Mountains and Lake Allatoona. The entire site was graciously donated by Scott Hudgens, the late Atlanta World War II veteran, land developer and philanthropist.
The VA expects that the Georgia National Cemetery will be open for ground burials by the end of 2005. The cemetery will serve over 400,000 honorably discharged veterans that live within 75 miles of the site.
There are no notables buried here except
In addition to an entrance area, an information center, administration and maintenance building, public restrooms, flag plaza, shelters for committal services, the project will include a total of 29,000 full-casket gravesites, 3,000 in-ground sites for cremation remains and 3,000 columbaria niches for cremation remains.\
This is a new cemetery and had 491 internments last year.
This is the cemetery where I will be buried. I am a Viet Nam USAF vet.
Date cemetery was established: The Georgia National Cemetery opened for burials on April 24, 2006.
Visiting hours:
Visitation Hours:
Open daily from sunrise to sunset.
Office Hours
Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Closed federal holidays.
Website pertaining to the cemetery: [Web Link]
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Visit Instructions:
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We would also like to hear about any of your deceased family members who may be laid to rest in the cemetery.