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Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery
Schuylerville, Saratoga County, New York

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Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery
Schuylerville, NY

GPS: 43.026287, -73.615520

200 Duell Road
Schuylerville, NY 12871-1721

Published: February 22, 2020
Total records: 19,044

Cemetery History

Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery is New York State’s sixth national veteran’s cemetery and the 116th in the National Cemetery Administration.

The cemetery was opened up in July 1999, and remains active, with capacity of up to 175,500 burials and cremains.

On Jan. 24, 2002, President George W. Bush signed legislation renaming Saratoga National Cemetery as the Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery. Congressman Solomon was known as the champion of veterans' causes. Among his accomplishments, he spearheaded the effort to create the cabinet-level Department of Veterans Affairs and successfully led a drive to establish the national cemetery in which he is now interred.

The ship’s bell from the USS Saratoga, CV-3, was installed as a memorial at the cemetery in 1999. The USS Saratoga was launched in 1925 and spent 20 years at sea, including action during World War II. It was taken out of service and destroyed in 1946. New York Congressman Dean P. Taylor requested the bell in 1946. It was first displayed at Saratoga Spring’s Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Memorial Home, dedicated on Veteran’s Day in 1949. The bell was later restored and permanently mounted at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery.

U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs Records

Records linked below were acquired from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on February 22, 2020. This dataset was compiled by the Department in May of 2019, and includes burials with dates of death up through September 24, 2017.

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