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Holiday Hours at Andersonville National
Historic Site
- During the upcoming winter holiday season, the National
Prisoner of War Museum at Andersonville National Historic Site
will be closed on Christmas Day, December 25, 2011; and New
Years Day, January 1, 2012. The park entrance, prison site, and
picnic area will also be closed on these two days.
The Andersonville National Cemetery will be open to the public
each of these holidays, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Holiday
access to the National Cemetery will be through the Cemetery
gate, located just north of the city of Andersonville on Highway
49. "The National Cemetery remains open on holidays to allow
families to visit their loved ones," remarked park
superintendent Brad Bennett. Grave decoration regulations allow
for Christmas wreaths and floral blankets no larger than 2 by 3
feet from December 1 to January 20. After this time seasonal
decorations will be removed and discarded.
Beginning with the New Year, on Monday, January 2, 2012, the
National Prisoner of War Museum will adopt new operating hours
of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily.
Andersonville National Historic Site is located 10 miles south
of Oglethorpe, GA and 10 miles northeast of Americus, GA on
Georgia Highway 49. The site features the National Prisoner of
War Museum, Andersonville National Cemetery and the site of the
historic Civil War prison, Camp Sumter - Andersonville National
Historic Site is a unit of the National Park System and serves
as a memorial to all American prisoners of war. Park grounds are
open from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. with the museum opening at
9:00 a.m. Admission is free. For more information on the park,
call 229-924-0343, visit on the web at
www.nps.gov/ande/, or
find us on Facebook at facebook.com/AndersonvilleNPS
www.nps.gov
About the National Park Service. More than 20,000 National Park
Service employees care for America's 397 national parks and work
with communities across the nation to help preserve local
history and create close-to-home recreational opportunities.
Learn more at www.nps.gov.
Wreaths Across America 2011 at Andersonville National Cemetery
ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - Andersonville National Historic Site
would like to invite you to join thousands of Americans to remember
and honor our
military veterans past and present by participating in the Wreaths
Across America program. Sponsored wreaths will be laid on gravesites
in National Cemeteries across the country, including Andersonville
National Cemetery, on Saturday, December 10, 2011.
The Civil Air Patrol will conduct this annual ceremony honoring
America's armed forces in the Andersonville National Cemetery on
December 10, 2011 at 12:00 PM; wreaths will be distributed
throughout the cemetery immediately following. Wreaths Across
America is a national program to not only honor those currently
being buried, but also to remember the thousands of forgotten graves
found in National Cemeteries. Each year the sections in which
sponsored wreaths are placed are rotated to eventually include all
veterans buried in the National Cemetery. For 2011 sponsored wreaths
will be placed in Sections A and B, which contain burials dating
from the Civil War to the early 1960s.
If you, your family, organization, or business is interested in
sponsoring one or more wreaths to be placed on a grave in the
cemetery, you can learn more about the program and sponsor wreaths
online at wreathsacrossamerica.org.
If you are interested in remembering a loved one or a specific grave
in the cemetery, beginning December 1, 2011, wreaths and floral
blankets no larger than 2 by 3 feet are permitted in the cemetery.
Please contact your local florist to order an appropriate floral
decoration. Wreaths should be brought in person, or delivered by a
florist, directly to the gravesite. To find the location of a
specific grave, please visit
http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov.
"As always, we invite families to remember their loved ones by
decorating their gravesites during the holiday season," says Brad
Bennett, Superintendent of Andersonville National Historic Site, "For others who may not have a direct family connection, but wish to
honor 'forgotten' veterans interred at Andersonville National
Cemetery, the Wreaths Across America program and the Civil Air
Patrol ceremony allow us to remember the many sacrifices made in
service to our nation."
Andersonville National Historic Site is located 10 miles south of
Oglethorpe, GA and 10 miles northeast of Americus, GA on Georgia
Highway 49. The site features the National Prisoner of War Museum,
Andersonville National Cemetery and the site of the historic Civil
War prison, Camp Sumter. Andersonville National Historic Site is a
unit of the National Park System and serves as a memorial to all
American prisoners of war. Park grounds are open from 8:00 a.m.
until 5:00 p.m. with the museum opening at 8:30 a.m. Admission is
free. For more information on the park, call 229 924-0343, visit on
the web at www.nps.gov/ande/,
or find us on Facebook at facebook.com/AndersonvilleNPS
www.nps.gov
About the National Park Service. More than 20,000 National Park
Service employees care for America's 395 national parks and work
with communities across the nation to help preserve local history
and create close-to-home recreational opportunities. Learn more at
www.nps.gov.
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Holiday Hours at the Andersonville National Historic Site
ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - During the upcoming winter holiday season,
the National Prisoner of War Museum at Andersonville National
Historic Site will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2011;
Christmas Day, December 25, 2011; and New Years Day, January 1,
2012. The park entrance, prison site, and picnic area will be
closed on these three days.
The Andersonville National Cemetery will be open to the public each
of these holidays, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Holiday access to
the National Cemetery will be through the Cemetery gate, located
just north of the city of Andersonville on Highway 49. "The National
Cemetery remains open on holidays to allow families to visit their
loved ones," remarked park superintendent Brad Bennett.
Andersonville National Historic Site is located 10 miles south of
Oglethorpe, GA and 10 miles northeast of Americus, GA on Georgia
Highway 49. The site features the National Prisoner of War Museum,
Andersonville National Cemetery and the site of the historic Civil
War prison, Camp Sumter. Andersonville National Historic Site is a
unit of the National Park System and serves as a memorial to all
American prisoners of war. Park grounds are open from 8:00 a.m.
until 5:00 p.m. with the museum opening at 8:30 a.m. Admission is
free. For more information on the park, call 229 924-0343, visit on
the web at www.nps.gov/ande/,
or find us on Facebook at facebook.com/AndersonvilleNPS
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www.nps.gov
About the National Park Service. More than 20,000 National Park
Service employees care for America's 395 national parks and work
with communities across the nation to help preserve local history
and create close-to-home recreational opportunities. Learn more at
www.nps.gov.
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