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Decoration Day at Princeton Cemetery

by | May 14, 2026 | Area News, Latest

Princeton Cemetery is hosting Decoration Day on Sunday, May 24. Relatives and visitors are encouraged to attend at 220 Yorkshire Dr., Princeton.  File art

Friends and family members of those at rest in Princeton Cemetery are encouraged to participate in Decoration Day on Sunday, May 24.  Flowers or flags may be placed on the 1,612 graves in the 10.47-acre facility on Yorkshire Drive, just north of U.S. 380.

There are about 145 veterans buried in Princeton Cemetery, begun in 1895 on land farmed by settler George A. Wilson. 

Twelve of the veterans served in the Civil War, two in the Spanish-American War, 15 in World War I, 64 in World War II, nine in the Korean War and seven in the Vietnam War.

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