Georgia national cemetery flyover. Helicopters of the georgia army national guard will pass over forsyth county on monday may 25 as part of a flyover across the state to celebrate memorial day. At maximum capacity 330 acres of the site will be developed for burials. Opened for burials in 2006 georgia national cemetery has 39000 sites for traditional casket graves as well as disposition of cremation remains in burial plots a scattering garden and columbarium.
And last for nearly 2 hours. Marietta national cemetery 1209 pm. The cemetery occupies 330 developed acres of a 775 acre site donated by a private citizen to the national cemetery administration.
The remainder of the site is too steep to be used for interments. According to the national guard the first of. Georgia national guard the south georgia flyover will be conducted first above savannah before it moves across the region to albany.
A private citizen donated the 775 acre site to the national cemetery administration in 2001. The georgia army national guard is conducting a memorial day helicopter flyover monday. Pilot captain james akin.
Cbs46 the georgia army national guard will put on special helicopter flyovers in north and south georgia on memorial day to honor our fallen soldiers. Georgia guard blackhawk copters schedule flyover on memorial day across georgia ga the helicopters will fly over sites not previously covered including stone mountain park and lake lanier.