Cypress Grove Cemetery

Cypress Grove Cemetery was made possible in 1838 by New Orleans philanthropist Stephen Henderson whose estate left property to the Firemen’s Charitable & Benevolent Association. The charitable association sold this property to fund the purchase of the cemetery site at the very end of the Canal Streetcar Line.

Architect Frederick Wilkinson patterned the grand entrance pylons and lodges after Egyptian ceremonial architecture. Crowning this imposing entrance was the motto: “Here to their bosom mother earth, take back in peace what thou has given, and, all that is of heavenly birth, God in peace recall to heaven.”

Shortly after opening the cemetery, the remains of volunteer firemen entombed elsewhere were moved to Cypress Grove. Tombs at Cypress Grove are among the nation’s leading examples of memorial architecture.

There are 458 veterans buried in Cypress Grove Cemetery in

New Orleans, LA, 94% of which are war veterans.

25 Died While In Service

1 Killed In Action in the Civil War

3 Killed in Action in World War I

11 Killed In Action in World War II

1 Missing In Action in World War II

1 Died of Wounds in World War II

4 Killed In Action in the Korean War

1 Killed In Action in the Vietnam War

3 Died While in Service

2 Former World War II Prisoners of War

1 Veteran of Three Wars

12 Veterans of Two Wars

1 Veteran of the War of 1812

4 Veterans of the Civil War

1 Veteran of the Mexican Wars

10 Veterans of the Spanish American War

120 Veterans of World War I

266 Veterans of World War II

31 Veterans of the Korean War

1 Veteran of the Cuban Missile Crisis

11 Veterans of the Vietnam War

1 Veteran of the Persian Gulf

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Veteran of Three Wars

Prisoners of War

There are 16 veterans that were Killed In Action, 1 Missing In Action, 1 Died of Wounds, and 6 veterans that died while in service buried in Cypress Grove Cemetery.

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