The Natchez City Cemetery has recently updated its cemetery etiquette policies. Our historic cemetery is one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the South. Please help us maintain its beauty by observing the following rules.
1. Please stay in the designated walkways and do not disturb memorials or artifacts.
2. Please show respect for the dead and for their families. Do not intrude on funeral or memorial services. Do not bring alcohol, firearms or entertainment items (radios, CD players, etc.) into the cemetery.
3. Skateboards, go-carts, and ATVs are not permitted.
4. Well-behaved children under the direct supervision of responsible adults are always welcome. Please teach your children to respect cemeteries.
5. Keep your pets under your control on a leash and clean up after them.
6. Please do not disturb the wildlife that inhabits the cemetery.
7. Please do not litter. (This includes cigarette butts.) Trash receptacles are located throughout the cemetery for your convenience.
8. Decorative items—including but not limited to statues and flags—may be placed in a private family lot only by relatives of those buried in the lot.
9. One small American flag, secured in a flag holder, may be displayed in each family plot. One statue per plot is permitted.
10. Pinwheels, wind chimes, glass vases and jars, solar devices and other decorative objects are not permitted.
11. Artificial flowers will be removed as soon as they are faded. All flowers shall be secured in an urn or unbreakable vase attached to or placed on the monument.
12. Please register group activities in advance with the superintendent.
13. No additions and/or improvements to lots (i.e., benches, landscaping, walls, etc.) shall be made without the express approval of the beautifications committee of the Natchez City Cemetery Association.
14. No spreading of cremation ashes.
Natchez City Cemetery Board, 2016
NATCHEZ CITY CEMETERY FLAG DISPLAY POLICY
The flagpole at the Natchez City Cemetery flies one flag, the flag of the United States of America. One small American flag, secured in a flag holder, may be displayed in each family plot. Descendants of veterans buried at the Natchez City Cemetery may display small flags on their ancestors’ graves on two days each year: Mississippi Memorial Day, traditionally observed in Mississippi on the last Monday in April, and the nationally observed Memorial Day. Flags must be removed as soon as possible at the end of each holiday. The Natchez City Cemetery also permits a sponsoring organization to place small flags on the graves of Confederate veterans, who are buried in the two large burial plots at the cemetery, on two days each year: Mississippi Memorial Day and the nationally observed Memorial Day. The organization must provide and place the flags, and remove them as soon as possible at the end of each holiday. No sponsoring organization may place flags on the graves of individuals buried in private family lots. Adopted 11 August 2016 by the Natchez City Cemetery Board
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