Nicholasville in Jessamine County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
Camp Nelson National Cemetery
Photographed by Ken Smith, November 19, 2013
1. Camp Nelson National Cemetery Marker
The Committee to reopen and expand Camp Nelson National Cemetery, a nonprofit corporation, was formed, Sept. 19, 1974. This action was necessary as a result of a Presidential order closing certain national cemeteries in June 1967. On Memorial Day, May 26, 1975, the committee donated 10 acres to the United States Government for the purpose of expanding Camp Nelson National Cemetery. On that day the facility was reopened by the Veterans Administration. The Committee gratefully acknowledges the assistance from the following:
Governor Wendell Ford, Governor Julian Carroll, Congressman John B. Breckinridge and V.A. Administrator Richard L. Roudebush.
The following composed the committee:
Joe Bietz .................. Roy Hudson,Jr.
Harold Boian ............... Dewey Jackson
Roman F. Budzinski, Sr ..... Dorrance A. Long
Thyra Stewart Budzinski .... Brady A. Miracle
Bernard M. Cates ........... Edmund C. McNulty
Arnett Whitey Cobb ......... Floyd Potts
Harold W. Fann ............. Charles Salyers
Kathryne Hayden ............ Holton West
Howard H. Howells .......... Lucien C. West
Presented by the Committee to reopen and expand Camp Nelson National Cemetery.
Erected by Committee to reopen and expand Camp Nelson National Cemetery.
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Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the National Cemeteries series list. A significant historical month for this entry is May 1864.
Location. 37° 47.152′ N, 84° 36.078′ W. Marker is in Nicholasville, Kentucky, in Jessamine County. It is on Camp Nelson Cemetery Road 0.3 miles east of Danville Road (U.S. 27), on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6998 Danville Road, Nicholasville KY 40356, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Bluegrass Region and in Greater Lexington Area. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper 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 and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: General William "Bull" Nelson (within shouting distance of this marker); War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Camp Nelson National Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Camp Nelson National Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Address by President Lincoln (within shouting distance of this marker); Veterans In Memoriam (within shouting distance of this marker); A National Cemetery System (within shouting distance of this marker); Oklahoma City Bombing Victims (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nicholasville.
Photographed by Ken Smith, November 19, 2013
2. Camp Nelson National Cemetery Marker
Photographed by Brian Anderson, September 19, 2021
3. Camp Nelson National Cemetery Marker
Photographed by Ken Smith, November 19, 2013
4. Camp Nelson National Cemetery Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on November 12, 2021. It was originally submitted on December 8, 2013, by Ken Smith of Milan, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 984 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 8, 2013, by Ken Smith of Milan, Tennessee. 3. submitted on November 12, 2021, by Brian Anderson of New Albany, Ohio. 4. submitted on December 8, 2013, by Ken Smith of Milan, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
