Lebanon National Cemetery
{{Short description|Historic veterans cemetery in Marion County, Kentucky}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Lebanon National Cemetery
| nrhp_type =
| image = VIEW OF PERIMETER WALL AND HEADSTONES WITH LODGE AND FLAGPOLE IN BACKGROUND. VIEW TO NORTHEAST. - Lebanon National Cemetery, 20 Highway 208; , Lebanon, Marion County, KY HALS KY-3-18.tif
| caption = Lebanon National Cemetery in 2004
| location = On Kentucky Highway 208 about one mile southeast of Lebanon, Kentucky
| coordinates = {{coord|37|33|10|N|85|16|07|W|source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Kentucky#USA
| built = 1863
| architecture =
| added = June 05, 1975
| area = {{convert|2.8|acre|ha}}
| refnum = 75000801{{NRISref|2009a}}
}}
Lebanon National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located just outside the city of Lebanon in Marion County, Kentucky.{{Citation needed|reason=See talk page|date=November 2022}} Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses {{convert|14.8|acre}} and as of the end of 2005 it had 4,699 interments. It is administered by the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery.
History
First established in 1862 as a cemetery for nearby Camp Crittenden, the Union supply depot in Lebanon, and the military hospitals in the area. It was designated a National Cemetery in 1867. Two donations of land in the 1980s expanded the cemetery to its current size.
A {{convert|2.8|acre|ha}} portion of the cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, as Lebanon National Cemetery.
Numerous Union soldiers who died in the Battle of Perryville are interred there.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=75000801}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lebanon National Cemetery |publisher=National Park Service|author=Walter F. Blake |date=February 13, 1974 |accessdate=January 5, 2018}} With {{NRHP url|id=75000801|photos=y|title=eight photos}}.
References
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External links
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- [http://www.cem.va.gov/ National Cemetery Administration]
- [http://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/lebanon.asp Lebanon National Cemetery]
- {{HALS |survey=KY-3 |id=ky0418 |title=Lebanon National Cemetery, Lebanon, Marion, KY}}
- {{GNIS|type=retired|499184}}
- {{Find a Grave cemetery}}
{{National Register of Historic Places}}
Category:1863 establishments in Kentucky
Category:Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Marion County, Kentucky
Category:United States national cemeteries
Category:Protected areas of Marion County, Kentucky