Long Island National Cemetery

Long Island National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Suffolk County, New York. It comprises the northern section of an area known as "Pinelawn," which consists of a grouping of cemeteries and memorial parks situated along Wellwood Avenue (County Road 3) - these include Pinelawn Memorial Park, St. Charles / Resurrection, Beth Moses, New Montefiore and Mt. Ararat Cemeteries. Its mailing address is Farmingdale (postal code 11735). It borders East Farmingdale along its western edge and is located within the CDPS of Wyandanch (to the east), in the Town of Babylon, and Melville (to the north) in the Town of Huntington. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 364.7 acres (147.6 ha), and as of 2014, had more than 346,000 interments.

Long Island National Cemetery
Long Island National Cemetery
Details
Established1936
Location
Suffolk County, New York
CountryUnited States
TypeUnited States National Cemetery
Owned byU.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs
Size364.7 acres (147.6 ha)
No. of graves346,000+
WebsiteOfficial
Find a GraveLong Island National Cemetery
Long Island National Cemetery
LocationWyandanch and Melville, NY
Coordinates40°45′27″N 73°23′48″W
NRHP reference No.16000113[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 22, 2016

In 2016 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]

History

Long Island National Cemetery was established in 1936 with a purchase of 175 acres (71 ha) of land from Pinelawn Cemetery to answer a need after World War I of a large number of veterans, and not enough burial space in the urban cemeteries in New York City. At the time the only National Cemetery in the area was Cypress Hills National Cemetery in Brooklyn, and it had very limited area available. The land was developed and burials began in March 1937. Within its first 8 years, it saw over 10,000 interments from World War II.

A section of the cemetery has the interments of World War II prisoners of war, including 37 Germans and 54 Italians. There are also 35 British Commonwealth servicemen buried here from the same war.[3]

1940 marker

Notable monuments
  • A granite memorial to "Fallen Comrades of Nassau & Suffolk Counties" was erected in 1940.

Notable interments

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places listings for April 15, 2016". U.S. National Park Service. April 15, 2016. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  3. "CWGC Cemetery Report".
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