Established in 1911, it is the resting place of many prominent Lithuanians in politics, culture, and science.

The purchase price of $10,000 (equivalent to $327,000 in 2023) was divided into bonds of $50 or $100 that were sold to Lithuanian organizations.

In 1937, the cemetery added an office building (in the Art Deco style)[5] and a columbarium for cremated remains.

A traditional Lithuanian wayside shrine made of steel 18 feet (5.5 m) in height was erected in 1995 to commemorate Soviet deportations from Lithuania in 1941–1952.

[6] Many of the headstones, particularly of those emigrants who were forced to leave due to the Soviet occupation, bear Lithuanian symbols – traditional wayside shrines and crosses, folk sashes, kanklės, Lithuanian coat of arms, Columns of Gediminas, Tower of Gediminas, etc.