Cedar Lawn Cemetery (Jackson, Mississippi)

Cedar Lawn Cemetery
Aerial view of Cedar Lawn Cemetery
Details
Established	1899 [1]
Location	2434 West Capitol Street, Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, U.S.
Country	United States
Coordinates	32°19′06″N90°13′00″W / 32.318380°N 90.216804°W / 32.318380; -90.216804
Size	75.8 acres (30.7 ha) [2]
No. of graves	>14,000 (July 2015) [2]
Find a Grave	Cedar Lawn Cemetery
The Political Graveyard	Cedar Lawn Cemetery

Cedar Lawn Cemetery, also known as Cedarlawn Cemetery, was created in 1899, becoming the second official public cemetery for the city of Jackson, Mississippi. ^[1]

Notable interments

• Julian P. Alexander (1887–1953), associate justice Supreme Court of Mississippi (1941–53).
• Waldo Emerson Bailey (1896–1961), American Consul.
• Theodore DuBose Bratton (1862–1944), served as Bishop of Mississippi in The Episcopal Church from 1903 until 1938. ^[3]
• Myra Hamilton Green (1924–2002), Mississippi artist who specialized in portraits and still life.
• Andrew Houston Longino (1854–1942), 35th Governor of Mississippi, in office 1900–04. ^[4]
• Dunbar Rowland (1864–1937), historian and archivist who served as Director of Mississippi Department of Archives and History for 35 years. ^[5]

Flying Dutchmen

Dutch memorial and grave sites in Cedar Lawn Cemetery

In the early years of World War II, Nazi Germany occupied the Netherlands. ^[6] Between 1942 and 1944, the United States permitted 500 displaced Dutch aviators to train at Jackson Army Airbase, which became known as the Royal Netherlands Military Flying School. ^[7] During those years, more than two dozen Dutchmen were killed in local training accidents. In recognition of their service, the City of Jackson donated a plot of ground within Cedar Lawn Cemetery to the Netherlands for burial of their dead. ^[8]

See also

• Begraafplaats Cedar Lawn
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Hinds County, Mississippi

References

1. National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form (Greenwood Cemetery) Retrieved 2015-07-14
2. City of Jackson, Cemetery Division, Cedarlawn Cemetery Retrieved 2015-07-14
3. "Bratton, Theodore DuBose". Episcopal Church. 2012-05-22. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
4. Mississippi Governor Andrew Houston Longino Retrieved 2015-07-15
5. American National Biography Online –Dunbar Rowland. Retrieved 2015-07-16
6. War over Holland (1940) Retrieved 2015-07-16
7. Ward, Samuel Howard, Jackson's Flying Dutchmen: The Significance of the Royal Netherlands Military Flying School (2014). Master's Thesis. Paper 34 Retrieved 2015-07-16
8. Mississippi veterans honored on Mississippi Roads episode, Mississippi Public Broadcasting (May 8, 2014) Retrieved 2015-07-16

External links

• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cedar Lawn Cemetery (Jackson, Mississippi)
• Mississippi Department of Archives and History –A Sense of Place (Aviation in Mississippi: Jackson's Flying Dutchmen) Retrieved 2015-07-15.