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Sarasota National Cemetery
9810 State Hwy 72
Sarasota, FL 34241
Phone: (941) 861-9840
Fax: (941) 861-9914
To schedule burials: See General Information
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Office Hours:
Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Closed federal holidays.
Visitation Hours:
Open daily from sunrise to sunset.
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Burial Space: This cemetery anticipates accepting burials in early 2009.
Acreage: 295
Number of Interments
Thru Fiscal Year 2007: N/A
General Information Kiosk on Site? No
Floral/Ground Regulations
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Directions from nearest airport:
Take Interstate 75 to exit 205 (Clark Road) travel east four miles (toward Myakka River State Park), cemetery site is on the right.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
To schedule a burial: Fax all discharge documentation to the National Cemetery Scheduling Office at 1-866-900-6417 and follow-up with a phone call to 1-800-535-1117.
The new 295-acre national cemetery in the Sarasota area will serve veterans’ needs for the next 50 years. The cemetery is located in Sarasota County along State Route 72 and approximately four miles east of Interstate 75.
VA prepared an Environmental Assessment for the Sarasota VA National Cemetery site in December 2004. In April 2007, the Department of Veterans Affairs purchased the site from private citizens and has awarded a contract to Miller Legg & Associates of Winter Park, Fla., to design the new cemetery.
Construction of Phase I, which will consist of nearly 60-acres, will include facilities necessary to maintain, operate, and provide burials for approximately ten years. When this phase of construction is complete the interment areas will provide for nearly 18,200 full casket gravesites, including 15,200 pre-placed crypts, 500 in-ground cremains and approximately 7,000 columbarium niches. The new cemetery will also include an administration and public information center complex with an electronic gravesite locator and public restrooms, a maintenance facility, a cemetery entrance area, a flag assembly area and a memorial walkway and a donations area, as well as two committal shelters. Other infrastructure design elements include roadways, landscaping, utilities, and irrigation.
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HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Under Development.
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NOTABLE PERSONS
Under Development.
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FLORAL/GROUNDS REGULATIONS
Fresh cut flowers may be placed on gravesites at any time.
Artificial flowers and Christmas wreaths, potted poinsettias and other seasonal adornments may be placed on graves from December 1 thru January 10.
Potted plants are permitted ten days before and after Easter and Memorial Day.
Planting flowers, shrubs, etc., is not permitted.
All floral items will be removed from gravesites when they become unsightly.
Temporary floral containers are located throughout the cemetery for public use and free of charge.
Floral items and other decorations may not be secured to the headstone or niche cover.
Statues, vigil lights, flags, shepherd hooks, and other commemorative items may not be placed on gravesite except for the U.S. flags placed for Memorial Day.
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