The site is believed to have been used as a burial ground as early as the Indian Wars, but did not become an official cemetery until March 15, 1933, when it was used to inter those who died in the nearby veterans' hospitals.

It is now closed to casketed remains unless there is room at the existing gravesite of other family members.

The oldest is large in size and made of pink Etowah marble.

Another is a polished granite bench, dedicated to the memory of World War I veterans.

To commemorate the United States Bicentennial, a maple tree was planted in 1976.