Dedication of the Crown Hill National Cemetery Columbarium

On July 1, the Crown Hill National Cemetery Columbarium was dedicated, allowing for interments again in a National Cemetery at Crown Hill. The Honorable Donald M. Remy, Deputy Secretary for Veterans Affairs, and The Honorable Matthew T. Quinn, Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, were among the dignitaries present for the dedication. The Crown Hill National Cemetery Columbarium will be open to the public in August.

The Crown Hill National Cemetery, located on the south grounds behind the Gothic Chapel, was opened in 1866 and officially closed in 1959. Over 2,000 veterans are interred there, primarily from the Civil War. The new Crown Hill National Cemetery Columbarium, when fully developed, will have space for 36,000 cremated remains, providing sufficient space for the interment of Veterans and family members for the next 100 years or more.

The Crown Hill National Cemetery Columbarium is situated on 15 acres in the northeast corner of Crown Hill, near the intersection of Clarendon Road and 42nd St., with the entrance on 42nd Street. (There is no entrance from inside Crown Hill Cemetery.)

The Crown Hill National Cemetery Columbarium is not considered a third National Cemetery at Crown Hill but rather an expansion or annex of the original Crown Hill National Cemetery. (The second National Cemetery at Crown Hill is the Confederate Mound, located on Section 32. Interred there are 1,616 Civil War Confederate soldiers who died as POWs at Camp Morton in Indianapolis.)

You can read about the Crown Hill National Cemetery and the Confederate Mound here.