Marietta National Cemetary

Site of annual Memorial Day commemoration. Not much I can say that most probably don’t already appreciate.
Well kept grounds.
Walking distance from Marietta Square.

Very easy to find. Nice get away from the hustle and bustle of traffic. I went mid day and no one was there. You can drive through which is nice because its a really big place.

Anyone who is comes to Marietta should stop by and see this monumentous cemetery. The grouds are constantly kept prestine and as I walked the grounds I got a chill every so often. In this cemetery holds the oldest grave site, which hold a Revelutionary Soldier born on 1764. Words cannot describe the beauty and awe stuck by just seeing the rows and rows of fallen soldiers. Near the entrance there is also a monument of the fallen soliders of Pearl Harbor. During the Cilvil War this cemetery only house the Union soldiers. There is a Confederate cemetary for the Confederate army, but I did not have a chance to visit there.
Surround the cemetery are a lot of nice homes and quait narrow streets.

Marietta National Cemetary was founded in 1862 as a result of the mass of bodies from the Civil War. Thus, there are no new graves being installed here: the only open room is for the spouses of the already buried. This is simply put one of the most beautiful cemetaries you can visit in the state. There are enormous fields of identical markers that stretch on and on, each for a different soldier; there are also soldiers from Vietnam.
I’ve spent many hours wandering through this site over the years. Both its place in history and age give the air a certain kind of focus, and it is both comforting and disturbing to be surrounded by. There is a visitor’s center that I believe conducts guided tours of the grounds.
It’s a nice way to revisit history, perhaps after a day of hanging out on the Marietta Square.