Great
Lakes
National Cemetery
4200
Belford Road
Holly, MI 48442
Phone: (248) 328-0386 or (866) 348-8603
FAX: (248) 328-0612 |
Office Hours:
Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Closed federal holidays.
Visitation Hours:
Sunrise to Sunset. |
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Burial Space: This
cemetery has space available to accommodate casketed and cremated
remains.
Acreage: 544
Number of Interments
Thru Fiscal Year 2005: 0
Floral/Ground
Regulations: This Cemetery's Regulations |
Directions
from nearest airport:
From
the north: Take I-75 to Exit 108. Turn right (south) onto North
Holly Road. At approximately 2 1/2 miles turn left (east) onto Belford
Road. The cemetery entrance is on the right.
From
the south: Take I-75 to Exit 101. Turn left (west) onto Grange Hall
Road. At approximately three miles in the village of Holly, turn
right (north) onto North Holly Road. Travel approximately four miles
and turn right (east) onto Belford Road. The Cemetery entrance is
on the right. |
GENERAL INFORMATION
The new 544-acre national cemetery
will serve veterans’ needs for the next 50 years. Holly is about
45 miles northwest of Detroit.
Burials began on October 17,
2005. Initial operations will be conducted from a temporary office, committal
service shelter and equipment shed.
The URS Corporation, in a joint
venture with the LA Group was selected to produce the master planning
and design documents.
VA prepared an Environmental
Assessment for the Oakland County site in October 2001. In September 2002,
the Department of Veterans Affairs purchased the site from the Fagan Lake
Development Corporation. The previous owner, the Horton family, had held
the property for over 160 years.
This new cemetery to serve
veterans in the greater Detroit metropolitan area is the second national
cemetery in Michigan. Michigan's other national cemetery is Ft.
Custer.
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HISTORICAL
INFORMATION
Under
Development
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NOTABLE
BURIALS
Currently there are no burials
at this cemetery.
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FLORAL/GROUNDS
REGULATIONS
We welcome and encourage fresh-cut
flowers throughout the year and provide flower containers for gravesite
display. Cemetery visitors are free to use the containers located in receptacles
placed throughout the cemetery founds. Once the blooms are spend or damaged
by weather, they are removed. They may also be removed for routine mowing
or other maintenance.
Artificial flower are only allowed after the end
of mowing operations in the fall on October 15 and must be removed when
mowing operations resume in the spring on March 15.
On Easter and Memorial Day, potted plants and artificial
flowers may be placed on gravesite 10 days before through 10 days following
the holiday. During the holiday season, from December 1 through January
20, seasonal floral items and gravesite blankets may be placed on gravesites.
To maintain the dignity of the cemetery, commemorative
items, balloons, pinwheels, glass items, votive lights, statues, shepherd’s
hooks and permanent plantings, among other items, are not allowed.
No item or
object may be attached to a headstone or marker in a national cemetery.
Animals may eat fresh flowers and arrangements.
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