It is located around 100 yards (91 m) north of the town's Home Moravian Church and also serves the thirteen member churches of Salem's congregation: Ardmore, Bethesda, Calvary, Christ, Fairview, Fires, Home, Immanuel New Eden, Konnoak Hills, Messiah, Pine Chapel, St Philips and Trinity.

There are no statues, only uniform white square headstones (20" x 24" x 4" for adults)[1] laid into the ground, because Moravians believe that everyone is equal in death.

The first sign greeting visitors arriving past Cedarhyrst, a Gothic Revival house at the southern gate of Cedar Avenue, reads "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth", which is taken from the Book of Job, chapters 19 to 25.

An Easter Sunrise Service is held the following day, in the 1970 addition of the cemetery to the east,[1] continuing a tradition begun in 1735 in Herrnhut, Germany, and first observed in Old Salem in 1772.

[2] On Easter morning, the congregation attend as the "Church Militant" to affirm their faith in the "Risen Lord.