Chalmette National Cemetery, Chalmette

Name: Chalmette National Cemetery
Address: 8606 W Saint Bernard Hwy, Chalmette, 70043, United States
Telephone: (504) 281-0510

#1 among attractions in Chalmette

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Chalmette National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located within Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in Chalmette, Louisiana. The cemetery is a 17.5-acre graveyard adjacent to the site that was once the battleground of the Battle of New Orleans, which took place at the end of the War of 1812. Despite its proximity to the site of the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812, the majority of the interments are of soldiers who were casualties or veterans of the American Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, or the Vietnam War. The cemetery was subsequently closed to new interments. ()

Established: 1864 (160 years ago)Area: 17.5 acres (0.0273 mi²)Graves: 15.3 thous.Coordinates: 29°56'28"N, 89°59'18"W

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8606 W Saint Bernard HwyChalmette 70043 United States

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(504) 281-0510

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Chalmette National Cemetery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Chalmette monument, Rene Beauregard House, Friscoville Street Historic District, Studio Inferno.

~1940 ftW
Museum, History museum, National park
Chalmette monument, New Orleans
10 min walk • Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve protects the natural and cultural resources of Louisiana's Mississippi River Delta region. It is named after French pirate Jean Lafitte and consists of six separate sites and a park headquarters.
~1910 ftW
Historical place, Architecture, Battlefield
Rene Beauregard House, Chalmette
10 min walk • Rene Beauregard House, also known as the Malus-Beauregard House, is an 1830s porticoed mansion, an example of French-Louisiana architecture, overlooking the Battle of New Orleans battlefield.
1 miNW
Colonial revival architecture
Friscoville Street Historic District, New Orleans
26 min walk • The Friscoville Street Historic District, in Arabi, Louisiana in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, is a 16 acres historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. It included 76 contributing buildings.
1.6 miNW
29°57'29"N • 90°0'19"W
Studio Inferno, New Orleans
40 min walk • Museum, Shopping
1.5 miSE
Boat or ferry
Chalmette – Lower Algiers Ferry, New Orleans
39 min walk • The Chalmette–Lower Algiers Ferry is a ferry across the Mississippi River in the U.S. state of Louisiana, connecting Chalmette and Algiers.