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'''Zachary Taylor National Cemetery''' is a [[United States National Cemetery]] located at 4701 Brownsboro Road ([[U.S. Route 42|US-42]]), in [[Louisville, Kentucky]]. It is named for [[Zachary Taylor]], the 12th [[president of the United States]], who is buried there with his wife, [[Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor]]. Zachary Taylor National Cemetery was listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on November 3, 1983. As of 2014, the cemetery has over 14,000 interments and is one of seven national cemeteries in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and one of 112 in the [[United States]]. Those buried at the national cemetery served in six wars: [[Spanish–American War]], World War I, [[World War II]], | '''Zachary Taylor National Cemetery''' is a [[United States National Cemetery]] located at 4701 Brownsboro Road ([[U.S. Route 42|US-42]]), in [[Louisville, Kentucky]]. It is named for [[Zachary Taylor]], the 12th [[president of the United States]], who is buried there with his wife, [[Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor]]. Zachary Taylor National Cemetery was listed in the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on November 3, 1983. As of 2014, the cemetery has over 14,000 interments and is one of seven national cemeteries in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and one of 112 in the [[United States]]. Those buried at the national cemetery served in six wars: [[Spanish–American War]], World War I, [[World War II]], Korean War, Vietnam War, and the [[Gulf War|Persian Gulf War]].<ref name="Kleber965">{{cite book| last=Kleber| first=John E.| title=Encyclopedia of Louisville| publisher=University Press of Kentucky| pages=869, 965| isbn=0813121000| year=2001}}</ref> | ||
The cemetery began as the Taylor family cemetery and holds the graves of the president's parents, [[Richard Taylor (colonel)|Richard Taylor]], a colonel in the American Revolutionary War, and Sarah Strother Taylor, and other family members. | The cemetery began as the Taylor family cemetery and holds the graves of the president's parents, [[Richard Taylor (colonel)|Richard Taylor]], a colonel in the American Revolutionary War, and Sarah Strother Taylor, and other family members. | ||