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Nashville National Cemetery
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Nashville National Cemetery
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| Location: | 1420 Gallatin Rd., S |
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| Nearest city: | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Governing body: | U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
| MPS: | Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS |
| NRHP Reference#: | 96000966 |
| Added to NRHP: | December 20, 1996 |
Nashville National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Madison, a suburb of Nashville, in Davidson County, Tennessee. It encompasses 64.5 acres (261,000 m2), and as of the end of 2005, had 34,637 interments.
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At the end of the American Civil War, in July 1866, 45 acres (180,000 m2) were transferred to the federal government from land owner Morton B. Howell. In 1867 another 17 acres (69,000 m2) were acquired, and another portion was purchased in 1879 from J. Watts Judson.
The original interments were transferred from veteran hospital cemeteries around the region, as well as battlefield cemeteries, such as those from the Battle of Franklin. There are over four thousand unknowns buried in Nashville National Cemetery.
Nashville National Cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
The American flag is proudly flown 24 hours a day as a symbol of our diligence to ensure that the consecrated grounds of this cemetery will remain a living trust in remembrance of the men and women who are at eternal rest.
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