Florence in Florence County, South Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Florence National Cemetery
Photographed by Anna Inbody, August 7, 2011
1. Florence National Cemetery Marker
Ronald Reagan President of the United States
Harry N. Walters Administrator of Veterans Affairs
Paul T. Bannai Chief Memorial Affairs Director
Erected 1984.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #40 Ronald Reagan, and the National Cemeteries series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1865.
Location. 34° 10.914′ N, 79° 45.104′ W. Marker is in Florence, South Carolina, in Florence County. It is on Stockade Drive 0.1 miles south of E. National Cemetery Road. The Cemetery is located in two areas off of East National Cemetery Road. The newer,
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Regionally, this marker is in South Carolina’s Pee Dee. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A National Cemetery System (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Florence National Cemetery (about 600 feet away); Florence Stockade Monument (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named A National Cemetery System (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Florence National Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); Carillon (approx. 0.2 miles away); Civil War Union Burials (approx. 0.2 miles away);
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2. Florence National Cemetery
Entrance to the newer, large area of the Cemetery on Stockade Road
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3. Florence National Cemetery
Entrance to the older, small area of the Cemetery on East National Cemetery Road
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4. The Gettysburg Address
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5. General Orders No. 80
General Orders No. 80
War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, September 1, 1875.
I.
Information having been received of the desecration of soldiers' graves by picnic parties in a National Cemetery, and by vending refreshments therein, it is hereby ordered that hereafter no such practice shall be allowed in any National Cemetery, nor any adjoining ground within the control of the United States.
II.
Visitors will not be allowed in the National Cemeteries before sunrise or after sunset. No refreshments will be taken into these Cemeteries.
III.
In National Cemeteries where driving is permitted, the speed must be confined to a walk, if it is found difficult to enforce this rule at any Cemetery the gates will be closed over the carriage way and all driving prohibited.
IV.
These orders will be conspicuously posted at the main entrance of each National Cemetery, and will be rigidly enforced by the Superintendents.
By order of Secretary of War: E.D. Townsend, Adjutant General.
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6. An Act to establish and protect National Cemeteries.
Approved February 22, 1867.
Section 3.
And it be further enacted , that any person who shall willfully destroy, mutilate, deface, injure, or remove any monument, gravestone, or other structure, or shall willfully destroy, cut, break, injure, or remove any tree, shrub, or plant within the limits of any of said National Cemeteries, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any District or Circuit Court of the United States within any State or District where any of said National Cemeteries are situated, shall be liable to a fine of not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, or to inprisonment of not less than fifteen nor more than sixty days, according to the nature and aggravation of the offense. And the Superintendent in charge of any National Cemetery is hereby authorized to arrest forthwith any person engaged in committing any misdemeanor herein prohibited, and to bring such person before any United States Commissioner or Judge of any District or Circuit Court of the United States, within any State or District where any of said Cemeteries are situated, for the purpose of holding said person to answer for said misdemeanor and then and there make complaint in due form.
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7. The National Register of Historic Places
This National Cemetery has been listed in The National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior 1998
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8. Memorial Area
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9. Memorial Area
"The markers in this Memorial Area honor Veterans whose remains have not been recovered or identified, were buried at sea, donated to science, or cremated and the ashes scattered."
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 10, 2011, by Anna Inbody of Columbia, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,075 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on August 10, 2011, by Anna Inbody of Columbia, South Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
