Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs11301 Crain Highway • Cheltenham, Maryland 20623

301-372-6398

Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery

Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery

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Gen

eral

In

form

atio

n—

Che

ltenh

am V

eter

ans C

emet

ery

—1.

C

emet

ery

gate

s w

ill b

e op

en to

vis

itors

eve

ry d

ay o

f th

e ye

ar fr

om 8

:00

a.m

. unt

il 5:

00 p

.m. T

he g

ates

will

cl

ose

at 4

:45

p.m

. to

allo

w v

isito

rs to

exi

t the

cem

e-te

ry. T

he c

emet

ery

will

rem

ain

open

unt

il 8:

00 p

.m.

on M

emor

ial D

ay (t

he d

ate

of S

tate

obs

erva

nce)

.

2.

Cut

flow

ers

may

be

plac

ed o

n gr

aves

at a

ny ti

me

(no

glas

s) c

onta

iner

s. F

low

ers

and

tem

pora

ry c

on-

tain

ers

will

be

rem

oved

from

gra

ves

as s

oon

as

bouq

uets

bec

ome

unsi

ghtly

. Dur

ing

the

grow

ing

seas

on w

hen

gras

s re

quir

es c

uttin

g, a

ll flo

wer

s—bo

th fr

esh

and

thos

e th

at h

ave

beco

me

unsi

ghtly

—w

ill b

e re

mov

ed p

rior

to g

roun

ds m

aint

enan

ce.

3.

Effe

ctiv

e Se

ptem

ber

1, 1

997,

the

Mar

ylan

d Ve

tera

ns

Cem

eter

ies

will

no

long

er a

ccep

t per

man

ent i

n-gr

ound

flow

er v

ases

for

inst

alla

tion

at o

ur fi

ve

faci

litie

s.

4.

Art

ifici

al fl

ower

s an

d w

reat

hs m

ay b

e pl

aced

on

grav

es fr

om N

ovem

ber

1 th

roug

h M

arch

31

only

. Po

tted

pla

nts

and

holid

ay w

reat

hs w

ill b

e pe

rmitt

ed

on g

rave

s on

ly d

urin

g th

e pe

riod

10

days

bef

ore

and

10 d

ays

afte

r Ea

ster

Sun

day

and

Mem

oria

l Day

(t

he d

ate

of s

tate

obs

erva

nce)

. Chr

istm

as w

reat

hs

are

perm

itted

dur

ing

the

Chr

istm

as s

easo

n on

ly,

from

Dec

embe

r 1

thro

ugh

Janu

ary

31. A

ny

Chr

istm

as fl

ower

s or

wre

aths

rem

aini

ng o

n gr

aves

as

of F

ebru

ary

1 w

ill b

e re

mov

ed a

nd d

isca

rded

. Pl

ease

ret

riev

e va

luab

le fl

oral

arr

ange

men

ts b

efor

e th

at d

ate

to a

void

dis

appo

intm

ent.

5.

Pott

ed p

lant

s (e

xcep

t as

note

d ab

ove)

, per

man

ent

plan

tings

, sta

tues

, vig

il lig

hts,

gla

ss o

bjec

ts o

f any

ki

nd, b

allo

ons,

toys

, stu

ffed

ani

mal

s, a

nd s

imila

r

com

mem

orat

ive

item

s ar

e no

t per

mitt

ed o

n gr

aves

at

any

tim

e. A

ll un

auth

oriz

ed it

ems

will

be

rem

oved

by

cem

eter

y st

aff a

nd d

isca

rded

.

6.

Smal

l Uni

ted

Stat

es fl

ags

will

be

plac

ed o

n gr

aves

by

cem

eter

y st

aff o

ne d

ay p

rece

ding

Mem

oria

l Day

an

d w

ill b

e re

mov

ed th

e fo

llow

ing

wor

k da

y.

Vete

rans

Day

and

Fla

g D

ay o

nly;

U.S

. gra

ve s

ite

flags

(8”x

12”)

may

be

plac

ed o

n gr

ave

by c

emet

ery

visi

tors

and

nee

d to

be

rem

oved

by

clos

e of

bus

i-ne

ss th

at d

ay. F

lags

are

not

per

mitt

ed o

n gr

aves

at

any

othe

r tim

e.

7.

Unt

il gr

owin

g co

nditi

ons

are

favo

rabl

e an

d th

e tu

rf

has

been

est

ablis

hed

buri

al a

reas

may

be

subs

tan-

dard

in a

ppea

ranc

e. A

fter

the

grav

e ha

s st

abili

zed,

an

d ac

tive

buri

al o

pera

tions

hav

e be

en m

oved

to

othe

r ar

eas,

the

over

all a

ppea

ranc

e of

an

occu

pied

se

ctio

n w

ill im

prov

e. M

eanw

hile

, the

cem

eter

y st

aff

requ

ests

you

r un

ders

tand

ing

and

asks

that

you

re

frai

n fr

om p

laci

ng s

od o

r gr

ass

seed

on

buri

al

site

s.

8.

Com

plai

nts

or q

uest

ions

sho

uld

be b

roug

ht to

the

atte

ntio

n of

the

Cem

eter

y Su

peri

nten

dent

Mon

day

thro

ugh

Frid

ay b

etw

een

the

hour

s of

8:3

0 a.

m. a

nd

4:00

p.m

.

9.

Plea

se r

espe

ct th

e di

gnity

of y

our

vete

rans

cem

e-te

ry b

y no

t litt

erin

g th

e gr

ound

s, c

uttin

g, in

juri

ng o

r br

eaki

ng tr

ees

or s

hrub

s, o

r us

ing

the

grou

nds

as a

pi

cnic

are

a. P

ets,

bic

yclin

g, o

r ru

nnin

g on

cem

eter

y gr

ound

s is

pro

hibi

ted.

10.

No

pers

onal

veh

icle

s in

sec

tions

or

on g

rass

.

(For

mos

t se

ctio

ns

the

dire

ctio

ns

belo

w w

ill a

pply

, how

ever

, som

e se

ctio

ns

are

not

co

mpl

ete

and

requ

ire

assi

stan

ce f

rom

cem

eter

y st

aff.

Ple

ase

ask

us!

) From

Sect

ion

Post

Go To

The

Righ

t

Row

s

Then

Go

Fo

rwar

d

Gra

ves

To Yo

ur L

ocat

ion.

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