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The Frankfort Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located on East Main Street in Frankfort, Kentucky. The cemetery is the burial site of Daniel Boone, the famed frontiersman, and contains the graves of other famous Americans including seventeen Kentucky governors and a Vice President of the United States.
Frankfort Cemetery began in the early 1840s and was the second incorporated Memorial park in the country. It overlooks the city of Frankfort and the Kentucky River. Daniel and Rebecca Boone were the first to be laid to rest in the cemetery.
The Kentucky War Memorial is a memorial to Kentuckians who have died in all wars. On a high-point called the "State Mound" in Frankfort Cemetery in Frankfort, Kentucky, the memorial consists of a 65-foot-tall monument erected in 1850, nine low stone monuments built in a semi-circle, and two low straight monuments.
Website. http://www.frankfortcemetery.org/. Frankfort Cemetery is a highly scenic cemetery whose southern edge overlooks the Kentucky River, the state capitol and the town of Frankfort. The cemetery has been described as "Kentucky's Westminster" because of the number of famous people buried here.
History. The Cemetery was incorporated on February 27, 1844 and the corporation purchased the first plot of land on February 16, 1845. September 13, 1845 saw the re-interment of Daniel and Rebecca Boone before thousands of visitors. Lucien Wingate died on January 4, 1846 and his grave became the first to join the Boones in the newly made cemetery.
The Frankfort Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located on East Main Street in Frankfort, Kentucky. The cemetery is the burial site of Daniel Boone and contains the graves of other famous Americans including seventeen Kentucky governors and a Vice President of the United States.
The Confederate Monument in Frankfort is placed within a circle of the graves of 68 Confederate soldiers in Frankfort Cemetery in Kentucky. The statue depicts a life size Confederate soldier standing ready, carved from white Carrara marble and standing atop a granite pedestal on a limestone base.
