Zachary Taylor National Cemetery
Veterans cemetery in Jefferson County, Kentucky / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zachary Taylor National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located at 4701 Brownsboro Road (US-42), in Louisville, Kentucky. It is named for Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the United States, who is buried there with his wife, Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor. Zachary Taylor National Cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 3, 1983. As of 2014, the cemetery has over 14,000 interments and is one of seven national cemeteries in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and one of 112 in the United States. Those buried at the national cemetery served in six wars: Spanish–American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, and the Persian Gulf War.[2]
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery | |
Location | Louisville, Kentucky, US |
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Built | 1926 |
MPS | Jefferson County MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 83003733[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 3, 1983 |
The cemetery began as the Taylor family cemetery and holds the graves of the president's parents, Richard Taylor, a colonel in the American Revolutionary War, and Sarah Strother Taylor, and other family members.