Arlington Memorial Park

Arlington Memorial Park
Memorial Day 1977
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Location
748 Schuyler Avenue,
Kearny, New Jersey 07032
CountryUnited States
Coordinates40°46′23″N 74°08′00″W / 40.77294°N 74.13342°W / 40.77294; -74.13342
Websitewww.arlingtoncemeterynj.com
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Arlington Memorial Park is a cemetery located mostly within the Arlington section of Kearny in Hudson County, New Jersey, on Schuyler Avenue.[1]

Prior to its creation the ground was owned by Julius Pratt,[2] who later negotiated the development of the "attractive and picturesque" cemetery.[3]

The large cemetery contains thousands of graves, many of early settlers of Hudson County, including some remains relocated from the graveyard at Old Bergen Church, and from the many Scots immigrants to Kearny.[4] There are also over 500 American Civil War veteran gravesites,[5] including those of Drummer Boy Willie McGee[6] and Medal of Honor recipient James McIntosh.[7] The town was once site the Home for Disabled Soldiers, an old soldiers' home closed in 1932.[8][9]

The company also owned a plot in North Arlington, across Belleville Turnpike from its main grounds. It was approved by the State of New Jersey for cemetery expansion, but Arlington Service Association decided not to use it. Instead, a Jewish benevolent association previously affiliated with Arlington bought it and created a new cemetery, North Arlington Jewish Cemetery.[10]

  1. ^ "Arlington Memorial Park (Kearny) Cemetery – Hudson County, New Jersey". www.histopolis.com. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
  2. ^ Krasner, Barbara. Kearny, Arcadia Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7385-0403-3. Accessed 2011-09-07
  3. ^ Novicki, Susan A. (2008), Montclair, New Jersey: The development of a suburban town and its architecture, City University of New York, p. 152, ISBN 9780549538752
  4. ^ Sarapin, Janice Kohl (1994), Old Burial Grounds of New Jersey, Rutgers University Press, ISBN 0-8135-2111-4
  5. ^ "Arlington Memorial Park (Kearny) Cemetery – Hudson County, New Jersey". newjerseycivilwargravestones.org. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
  6. ^ Fox, Thomas; Bilby, Joseph G (2008), Drummer Boy Willie McGee Cvil War Hero and Fraud, McFarland and Co., ISBN 978-0-7864-3289-9
  7. ^ Leir, Ron (August 15, 2012). "Will Civil War vet's name be attached to Wittpenn Bridge?". The Observer. Kearny, New Jersey. Archived from the original on June 15, 2022.
  8. ^ "Home for Disabled Soldiers" (PDF). shorock.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
  9. ^ Fitts, Deborah. "Kearny Veterans Home Statue Will Be Replaced". Civil War News. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
  10. ^ Legislature, New Jersey (1901). Documents of the ... Legislature of the State of New Jersey.