Prescott
National Cemetery
VAMC,
500 Highway 89 North
Prescott, AZ 86313
Phone: (480) 513-3600
FAX: (480) 513-1412 |
Office Hours:
Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Closed federal holidays except Memorial Day and Veterans Day.
Visitation Hours:
Open daily from sunrise until sunset. |
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Burial Space: This
cemetery is closed to new interments. However, space may be available
in the same gravesite for eligible family members.
Acreage: 15.4
Number of
Interments Thru Fiscal Year 2005: 3,153
General Information Kiosk on Site? No
Floral/Ground Regulations: This
Cemetery's Regulations |
Directions
from nearest airport:
From
Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, take Interstate 17 North (Flagstaff)
and proceed to Cordes Junction for approximately 60 miles. Take
Highway 69 West toward Prescott for approximately 34 miles. The
cemetery is located on the left on Highway 69 as you approach Prescott. |
GENERAL INFORMATION
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HISTORICAL
INFORMATION
Prescott National
Cemetery is located in Prescott, Ariz., adjacent to the Department of
Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The cemetery, which closed to new interments
in 1974, covers a little over 15 acres. Interments were made here primarily
because it was a conveniently safe distance from Fort Whipple, Ariz.,
where attacks from local Native Americans were more likely.
The present site of Prescott National Cemetery is thought
to be its third location. The original cemetery was established when Fort
Whipple was a camp near Del Rio Springs in 1864, and was moved soon after.
The cemetery was relocated again in 1869 to its current location because
flash floods washed out numerous burials in the previous site. These floods
may account for the majority of the 25 unknown graves in the cemetery.
Prescott National Cemetery was placed on the National
Register of Historic Places in 1999.
Monuments
and Memorials
Prescott National
Cemetery has an Unknown Soldiers Monument made of white marble rusticated
to look like blocks with a centered cross on top.
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NOTABLE
BURIALS
Medal
of Honor Recipients
Private Nicholas Foran (Indian Campaigns), Company L, 8th U.S. Cavalry.
Arizona, August to October 1868 (Section 1, Row B, Grave 54).
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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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