Cedar Lawn Cemetery (Jackson, Mississippi) Explained
Cedar Lawn Cemetery |
Map Type: | Mississippi#USA |
Established: | 1899[1] |
Country: | United States |
Location: | 2434 West Capitol Street, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, U.S. |
Coordinates: | 32.3184°N -90.2168°W |
Size: | 75.8acres[2] |
Graves: | >14,000 (July 2015) |
Findagraveid: | 58539 |
Politicalgeo: | MS/HI-buried.html |
Cedar Lawn Cemetery, also known as Cedarlawn Cemetery, was created in 1899, becoming the second official public cemetery for the city of Jackson, Mississippi.[1]
Notable interments
Flying Dutchmen
In the early years of World War II, Nazi Germany occupied the Netherlands.[6] Between 1942 and 1944, the United States permitted 500 displaced Dutch aviators to train at Jackson Army Airbase, which became known as the Royal Netherlands Military Flying School.[7] During those years, more than two dozen Dutchmen were killed in local training accidents. In recognition of their service, the City of Jackson donated a plot of ground within Cedar Lawn Cemetery to the Netherlands for burial of their dead.[8]
See also
External links
Notes and References
- https://www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/nom/prop/11722.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form (Greenwood Cemetery)
- http://www.jacksonms.gov/index.aspx?NID=162 City of Jackson, Cemetery Division, Cedarlawn Cemetery
- News: Bratton, Theodore DuBose. 2012-05-22. Episcopal Church. 2018-10-28. en.
- http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_mississippi/col2-content/main-content-list/title_longino_andrew.html Mississippi Governor Andrew Houston Longino
- http://www.anb.org/articles/14/14-01163.html?from=../14/14-01173.html&from_nm=Riley%2C%20Franklin%20Lafayette%2C%20Jr. American National Biography OnlineDunbar Rowland.
- http://www.waroverholland.nl/ War over Holland (1940)
- http://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/34/ Ward, Samuel Howard, Jackson's Flying Dutchmen: The Significance of the Royal Netherlands Military Flying School (2014). Master's Thesis. Paper 34
- http://www.mpbonline.org/blogs/press/mississippi-veterans-honored-on-mississippi-roads-episode/ Mississippi veterans honored on Mississippi Roads episode, Mississippi Public Broadcasting (May 8, 2014)