Daejeon National Cemetery


The Daejeon National Cemetery is located in Hyeonchungwon-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea. It is South Korea's second national cemetery after the Seoul National Cemetery and is overseen by the Ministry of Patriots' and Veterans' Affairs.
The cemetery is reserved for Korean veterans, including those who died in the Korean independence movement, Korean War, Vietnam War and post Korean War clashes with North Korea.

History

As the Seoul National Cemetery was reaching capacity in the early 1970s, on December 16, 1974 then President Park Chung-hee ordered that investigations commence for the establishment of a new national cemetery site. The Daejeon site was selected on April 14, 1976. Construction of the cemetery began on April 1, 1979 and the first burial took place on August 27, 1982. The cemetery was officially inaugurated on November 13, 1985.
The cemetery covers an area of 3,300,150㎡ and facilities include a Memorial Tower and Memorial Gate, Patriotic Spirit Exhibition Center, an outdoor exhibition space, fountains, statues, sculptures, pavilions, and Hyeonchungji, a man-made pond in the shape of the Korean Peninsula.
The Daejeon National Cemetery allows access to the public.

Baseline of usage