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Wilmington National Cemetery is closed to new interments. The only interments that are being accepted are subsequent interments for veterans or eligible family members in an existing gravesite. Periodically however, burial space may become available due to a canceled reservation or when a disinterment has been completed. When either of these two scenarios occurs, the gravesite is made available to another eligible veteran on a first-come, first-served basis. Since there is no way to know in advance when a gravesite may become available, please contact the cemetery at the time of need to inquire whether space is available.

Burial in a national cemetery is open to all members of the armed forces who have met a minimum active duty service requirement and were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.

A Veteran's spouse, widow or widower, minor dependent children, and under certain conditions, unmarried adult children with disabilities may also be eligible for burial. Eligible spouses and children may be buried even if they predecease the Veteran.

Members of the reserve components of the armed forces who die while on active duty or who die while on training duty, or were eligible for retired pay, may also be eligible for burial.

Fax all discharge documentation to the National Cemetery Scheduling Office at 1-866-900-6417 and follow-up with a phone call to 1-800-535-1117.

For information on scheduled burials in our national cemeteries, please go to the Daily Burial Schedule.

The New Bern National Cemetery administers this cemetery. Please contact the office at the number listed above.

A funeral director will make arrangements for military funeral honors. When these arrangements have been made, please notify the cemetery representative.

Some telephone numbers that may be helpful in obtaining military funeral honors are:

The Department of Veterans Affairs and cemetery staff members do not exercise authority over the extent, content, or nature of honors and ceremonies furnished by the individual branches of the military service. Questions and inquires regarding these matters should be directed to the branch of service in which the veteran served.

For educational materials and additional information on this cemetery, please visit the Education section, located below.

Our floral and grounds policy exists to reflect the honor and respect we hold for our Nation's Veterans, by preserving the dignity and solemnity of their final resting place.

Potted Plants (a week before until a week after Easter Sunday)

Holiday Wreaths & Grave Blankets less than 2 x 3ft (December 1 – January 10 and will be removed after January 20).

These items are prohibited: permanent plantings and vases, statues, vigil lights, breakable objects, and similar items. This includes, but is not limited to, hazardous materials, glass, metal, toys, candles, balloons, wind chimes, and pinwheels.

The Department of Veterans Affairs does not permit adornments which might be considered offensive, inconsistent with the dignity of the cemetery, or considered hazardous to cemetery personnel. For example, items incorporating beads or wires which may become entangled in mowers or other equipment and cause injury. Unauthorized items will be removed immediately.

Wilmington National Cemetery is located in New Hanover County near downtown Wilmington, N.C., on the Cape Fear River.

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Pine Forest Cemetery was founded as a site for disposing of the remains of the enslaved. In August 1860, the Wilmington Board of Commissioners appointed a committee “for procuring a suitable burial ground for the colored population of the Town.” Fifteen acres were purchased next to the white cemetery. The purchase gave existence to a designated burial ground for enslaved in Wilmington, North Carolina. In August 1869, a bill was introduced and passed requesting the incorporation of a cemetery for “coloreds” in Wilmington giving official birth to Pine Forest Cemetery (Reaves 1998).

The African American legislator who introduced the bill to the North Carolina General Assembly requesting incorporation of a Negro burial ground in Wilmington, NC. In November 1869, Pine Forest Cemetery Inc. became incorporated.

Nestled at the end of North Sixteenth Street in Wilmington, North Carolina, is a garden that has served as the final resting place for numerous leaders, legends, and loved ones whose lives have touched our own for nearly one hundred and fifty-two years. Its prologue is its future. A future place of education, exploration, and where memories are recalled and made. It will be an open-air history gallery of the struggles of a people and an events sanctuary that attracts many visitors every year from all over the states. We invite you to come and see the emerging splendor, beauty, and history that sets Pine Forest apart.

“ This space of internment began as a site for disposing of the remains of the enslaved. However, in August 1860, the Wilmington Board of Commissioners appointed a committee to find an appropriate space.”

“Beginning at an old stake on an old mill dam being the southeast corner of Oakdale cemetery … thence along said old dam … till it strikes the mill creek thence up the creek with the meanders there- of to a point due east from the mouth of a small branch or ravine, thence west across the marsh of said creek to the eastern outlet or mouth of said ra- vine thence westwardly with the meander of said ravine to its source on or near the Old Racetrack, thence west … to a stake … containing 15 acres.”

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