Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs11301 Crain Highway • Cheltenham, Maryland 20623
301-372-6398
Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery
Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery
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Gen
eral
In
form
atio
n—
Che
ltenh
am V
eter
ans C
emet
ery
—1.
C
emet
ery
gate
s w
ill b
e op
en to
vis
itors
eve
ry d
ay o
f th
e ye
ar fr
om 8
:00
a.m
. unt
il 5:
00 p
.m. T
he g
ates
will
cl
ose
at 4
:45
p.m
. to
allo
w v
isito
rs to
exi
t the
cem
e-te
ry. T
he c
emet
ery
will
rem
ain
open
unt
il 8:
00 p
.m.
on M
emor
ial D
ay (t
he d
ate
of S
tate
obs
erva
nce)
.
2.
Cut
flow
ers
may
be
plac
ed o
n gr
aves
at a
ny ti
me
(no
glas
s) c
onta
iner
s. F
low
ers
and
tem
pora
ry c
on-
tain
ers
will
be
rem
oved
from
gra
ves
as s
oon
as
bouq
uets
bec
ome
unsi
ghtly
. Dur
ing
the
grow
ing
seas
on w
hen
gras
s re
quir
es c
uttin
g, a
ll flo
wer
s—bo
th fr
esh
and
thos
e th
at h
ave
beco
me
unsi
ghtly
—w
ill b
e re
mov
ed p
rior
to g
roun
ds m
aint
enan
ce.
3.
Effe
ctiv
e Se
ptem
ber
1, 1
997,
the
Mar
ylan
d Ve
tera
ns
Cem
eter
ies
will
no
long
er a
ccep
t per
man
ent i
n-gr
ound
flow
er v
ases
for
inst
alla
tion
at o
ur fi
ve
faci
litie
s.
4.
Art
ifici
al fl
ower
s an
d w
reat
hs m
ay b
e pl
aced
on
grav
es fr
om N
ovem
ber
1 th
roug
h M
arch
31
only
. Po
tted
pla
nts
and
holid
ay w
reat
hs w
ill b
e pe
rmitt
ed
on g
rave
s on
ly d
urin
g th
e pe
riod
10
days
bef
ore
and
10 d
ays
afte
r Ea
ster
Sun
day
and
Mem
oria
l Day
(t
he d
ate
of s
tate
obs
erva
nce)
. Chr
istm
as w
reat
hs
are
perm
itted
dur
ing
the
Chr
istm
as s
easo
n on
ly,
from
Dec
embe
r 1
thro
ugh
Janu
ary
31. A
ny
Chr
istm
as fl
ower
s or
wre
aths
rem
aini
ng o
n gr
aves
as
of F
ebru
ary
1 w
ill b
e re
mov
ed a
nd d
isca
rded
. Pl
ease
ret
riev
e va
luab
le fl
oral
arr
ange
men
ts b
efor
e th
at d
ate
to a
void
dis
appo
intm
ent.
5.
Pott
ed p
lant
s (e
xcep
t as
note
d ab
ove)
, per
man
ent
plan
tings
, sta
tues
, vig
il lig
hts,
gla
ss o
bjec
ts o
f any
ki
nd, b
allo
ons,
toys
, stu
ffed
ani
mal
s, a
nd s
imila
r
com
mem
orat
ive
item
s ar
e no
t per
mitt
ed o
n gr
aves
at
any
tim
e. A
ll un
auth
oriz
ed it
ems
will
be
rem
oved
by
cem
eter
y st
aff a
nd d
isca
rded
.
6.
Smal
l Uni
ted
Stat
es fl
ags
will
be
plac
ed o
n gr
aves
by
cem
eter
y st
aff o
ne d
ay p
rece
ding
Mem
oria
l Day
an
d w
ill b
e re
mov
ed th
e fo
llow
ing
wor
k da
y.
Vete
rans
Day
and
Fla
g D
ay o
nly;
U.S
. gra
ve s
ite
flags
(8”x
12”)
may
be
plac
ed o
n gr
ave
by c
emet
ery
visi
tors
and
nee
d to
be
rem
oved
by
clos
e of
bus
i-ne
ss th
at d
ay. F
lags
are
not
per
mitt
ed o
n gr
aves
at
any
othe
r tim
e.
7.
Unt
il gr
owin
g co
nditi
ons
are
favo
rabl
e an
d th
e tu
rf
has
been
est
ablis
hed
buri
al a
reas
may
be
subs
tan-
dard
in a
ppea
ranc
e. A
fter
the
grav
e ha
s st
abili
zed,
an
d ac
tive
buri
al o
pera
tions
hav
e be
en m
oved
to
othe
r ar
eas,
the
over
all a
ppea
ranc
e of
an
occu
pied
se
ctio
n w
ill im
prov
e. M
eanw
hile
, the
cem
eter
y st
aff
requ
ests
you
r un
ders
tand
ing
and
asks
that
you
re
frai
n fr
om p
laci
ng s
od o
r gr
ass
seed
on
buri
al
site
s.
8.
Com
plai
nts
or q
uest
ions
sho
uld
be b
roug
ht to
the
atte
ntio
n of
the
Cem
eter
y Su
peri
nten
dent
Mon
day
thro
ugh
Frid
ay b
etw
een
the
hour
s of
8:3
0 a.
m. a
nd
4:00
p.m
.
9.
Plea
se r
espe
ct th
e di
gnity
of y
our
vete
rans
cem
e-te
ry b
y no
t litt
erin
g th
e gr
ound
s, c
uttin
g, in
juri
ng o
r br
eaki
ng tr
ees
or s
hrub
s, o
r us
ing
the
grou
nds
as a
pi
cnic
are
a. P
ets,
bic
yclin
g, o
r ru
nnin
g on
cem
eter
y gr
ound
s is
pro
hibi
ted.
10.
No
pers
onal
veh
icle
s in
sec
tions
or
on g
rass
.
(For
mos
t se
ctio
ns
the
dire
ctio
ns
belo
w w
ill a
pply
, how
ever
, som
e se
ctio
ns
are
not
co
mpl
ete
and
requ
ire
assi
stan
ce f
rom
cem
eter
y st
aff.
Ple
ase
ask
us!
) From
Sect
ion
Post
Go To
The
Righ
t
Row
s
Then
Go
Fo
rwar
d
Gra
ves
To Yo
ur L
ocat
ion.
NA
ME:
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