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“Lake View has a unique Memorial Day connection,” said Kathy Goss, President and CEO of Lake View Cemetery for almost 14 years. “The cemetery, established in 1869, had a veteran of the Civil ...

Memorial Day holds a special significance to Lake View Cemetery. It is the location for President James Garfield’s tomb, the 20th president of the United States.

Lake View Cemetery is a privately owned, nonprofit garden cemetery located in the cities of Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, and East Cleveland in the U.S. state of Ohio. Founded in 1869, the cemetery was favored by wealthy families during the Gilded Age, and today the cemetery is known for its numerous lavish funerary monuments and mausoleums.

Founded in 1869 by pioneering leaders of Cleveland, Lake View is one of the largest and most beautiful garden cemeteries in the United States. Modeled after the Victorian and Edwardian garden cemeteries of France and England, Lake View is filled with dramatic natural landscapes, curved roadways, artful plantings, and carefully designed monuments.

The cemetery is located in the City of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and is # 2564 (Lake View Cemetery) in Established in 1869 by a group of prominent Cleveland residents. It is a garden style cemetery located on hilly ground, with nine miles of roads and the largest concrete poured dam in the United States east of the Mississippi within ...