Roseburg
National Cemetery
VA
Medical Center
Roseburg, OR 97470
Phone: (541) 826-2511
FAX: (541) 826-2111 |
Office Hours:
Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Closed federal
holidays except Memorial Day.
Visitation Hours:
Open
daily from sunrise to sunset. |
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Burial
Space: This
cemetery has space available for cremated remains. We may be able
to accommodate casketed remains in the same gravesite of previously
interred family members.
Acreage: 4.1
Number of
Interments Thru Fiscal Year 2005: 3,442
General Information Kiosk on Site? No
Floral/Ground Regulations: This
Cemetery's Regulations |
Directions
from nearest airport:
Situated in Douglas County approximately
three miles west of downtown Roseburg, Ore. From Interstate 5, coming
north or south, exit on Harvard Avenue, proceed west on Harvard
approximately 4/5 of a mile. Make the first right after the Umpqua
Art Center. |
GENERAL INFORMATION
The Eagle Point National
Cemetery staff manages this cemetery. Please contact them at the number
listed above.
Military
Funeral Honors
The VFW District 12 Honor Guard, Rogue Valley Marine Corps League, Oregon
State National Guard, Oregon State Air Guard and the Navel Reserve unit
in Central Point can provide military honors. Please contact the cemetery
staff to arrange honors.
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HISTORICAL
INFORMATION
Roseburg National Cemetery is located in Douglas County,
Ore., approximately one-half mile from the Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical Center in Roseburg.
Roseburg National Cemetery was established in 1897 to
serve veterans residing at the Oregon State Soldiers’ home. The
Oregon Soldiers’ Home itself opened in 1893 to “provide a
home for honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines who had served
in any wars in which the United States was engaged, or who served in the
Indian Wars of Oregon, Washington or Idaho, provided they were or might
become citizens of Oregon.”
In 1933, the home was turned over to the National Soldiers’
Home Bureau and its administration transferred to the new Veterans Administration;
the cemetery attached to the grounds was included in the move. In September
1973, the cemetery was transferred to the National Cemetery System within
VA.
Monuments
and Memorials
Roseburg has no monuments
or memorials.
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NOTABLE
BURIALS
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FLORAL/GROUNDS
REGULATIONS
Cemetery policies are conspicuously posted and readily
visible to the public.
Floral arrangements accompanying the casket or urn at
the time of burial will be placed on the completed grave. Natural cut
flowers may be placed on graves at any time of the year. They will be
removed when they become unsightly or when it becomes necessary to facilitate
cemetery operations such as mowing.
Artificial flowers and potted plants will be permitted
on graves during periods when their presence will not interfere with grounds
maintenance. As a general rule, artificial flowers and potted plants will
be allowed on graves for a period extending 10 days before through 10
days after Easter Sunday and Memorial Day.
Christmas wreaths, grave blankets and other seasonal adornments
may be placed on graves from Dec. 1 through Jan. 20. They may not be secured
to headstones or markers.
Permanent plantings, statues, vigil lights, breakable
objects and similar items are not permitted on the graves. The Department
of Veterans Affairs does not permit adornments that are considered offensive,
inconsistent with the dignity of the cemetery or considered hazardous
to cemetery personnel. For example, items incorporating beads or wires
may become entangled in mowers or other equipment and cause injury.
Permanent items removed from graves will be placed in
an inconspicuous holding area for one month prior to disposal. Decorative
items removed from graves remain the property of the donor but are under
the custodianship of the cemetery. If not retrieved by the donor, they
are then governed by the rules for disposal of federal property.
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