Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery - Anchorage, Alaska
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BruceS
N 61° 12.843 W 149° 52.470
6V E 345612 N 6790024
Early city cemetery now known as Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery in Anchorage, Alaska.
Waymark Code: WM9B79
Location: Alaska, United States
Date Posted: 07/25/2010
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The Anchorage Cemetery was established by Presidential Executive Order in 1915. The cemetery had six burials in its first year. It is the final resting place of many the the city's early founders and continues in operation. Half the cemetery was reserved for religious and fraternal organizations and the remainder open to all. The cemetery has many interesting grave markers including crossed whale bones and triple crosses for the Russian Orthodox. Until 1975 the cemetery was maintained by the different organizations and families of those buried within. Due to public pressure the city of Anchorage began maintenance of the cemetery in 1975 and the cemetery was renamed Anchorage Memorial Park Cemetery. The cemetery currently has 10,000 graves with nearly 2,000 unmarked.
City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Not listed
Approximate number of graves: Not listed
Cemetery Status: Not listed
Cemetery Website: Not listed
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