This Ohio cemetery is among top favorite sites for Memorial Day honorary visits
In observance of Memorial Day, veterans and families across the nation gather in reverence at wreath-laying ceremonies and place American flags at graves in military-dedicated cemeteries.
Ohio has the eighth highest veteran population with 602,318 veterans residing here as of 2022.
Researchers with Choice Mutual wanted to know which military cemeteries in the U.S. people frequent the most on Memorial Day, and two Ohio memorial sites made the list.
According to Choice Mutual, people visit these sites on and leading up to Memorial Day “not just to honor the fallen, but to feel closer to someone they knew or the place they call home.”
The Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery is located in Seville in Medina County and ranked in the top 35 for most revered veterans’ cemeteries in the nation.
Through surveys filled out by 3,000 American respondents, Choice Mutual ranked Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery at number 33 out of 97 total cemeteries.
First established in 2000, the Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery was just the second national cemetery built in Ohio.
For Memorial Day, the Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery is hosting a flag placement volunteer event starting at 9 a.m. on May 24.
Volunteers are asked to meet at the main flagpole at 9 a.m. for a brief ceremony before heading throughout around the cemetery to place U.S. flags which will be provided by cemetery staff.
Attendees should dress for the weather and be prepared to do a lot of walking.
The Dayton National Cemetery also made the list, ranking 51 out of 97 top national memorial cemeteries.
The top four military cemeteries to visit on Memorial Day are the Arlington National Cemetery, Gettysburg National Cemetery, Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery and the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.
