Veterans' Gardens

Resthaven offers spaces without charge* to honorably discharged veterans, with adjoining lots available for purchase for family members. 

*Maryland Law requires a $150 per space fee for endowment care.

Garden of Honor I

In 1971, noting the great liability to Maryland's taxpayers for veterans' cemeteries, Resthaven created our first veterans garden, the Veterans Garden of Honor.  This garden was personally dedicated by the former secretary of the Navy, the Honorable J. William Middendorf III. In the center is a unique and beautiful sculpture of the legendary Phoenix, a legendary symbol of eternal life. 

Garden of Honor II

The second Veterans Garden features an Omega, the last letter of the Greek alphabet. Omega means: that which is great, eternal, final. 

Out of the center of the Omega rises a flag pole from which our Nation's majestic colors proudly wave.

Approaching the second Garden of Honor, just forward of the Statue Of Christus, along the drive is the China, Burma, India Memorial. This memorial is dedicated to those who gave their lives in that region, that we might enjoy freedom in ours. 

On Memorial Day, Resthaven Cemetery conducts a ceremony to honor and remember our veterans.

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