Veteran Cemeteries

Soldiers’ lot · VA-listed site

Lakeside Cemetery Soldiers' Lot

Port Huron, Michigan

A soldiers’ lot is a government burial plot inside a cemetery that is otherwise privately or locally owned. The surrounding cemetery is not VA-managed.

Location

3663 10th Avenue
Port Huron, MI 48060

The map point uses coordinates from a VA dataset. It marks the site approximately and has not been checked against the visitor entrance. Get directions · View on OpenStreetMap

Visiting

Address
3663 10th Avenue, Port Huron, MI 48060
Phone
248-328-0386 · Fax 248-328-0612
Visiting hours
Open daily from sunrise to sunset.
Office hours
Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Closed federal holidays. (If office is closed during these hours, contact the City Clerk's office at 810-984-9725 ext. 0 for assistance.)
Time zone
Eastern Time
Burial space
Closed
Accessibility
Not yet verified — call the cemetery to ask about parking and paths.
Official page
cem.va.gov

Hours and contact details are as published on the VA’s page for this cemetery, checked November 11, 2026. Hours change for holidays, weather and ceremonies.

Flowers and grounds policy, from the VA

An American flag and fresh cut flowers (in non-glass containers) may be placed at the head of a grave for not more than 10 days immediately prior to or after Memorial Day or Veteran's Day each year.

Winter decorations are allowed from November 15 through March 31 and will be removed and disposed of without notice beginning April 1 of each year.

Weapons Policy
VA regulations 38 CFR 1.218 prohibit the carrying of firearms (either openly or concealed), explosives or other dangerous or deadly weapons while on VA property, except for official purposes, such as military funeral honors.

Possession of firearms on any property under the charge and control of VA is prohibited. Offenders may be subject to a fine, removal from the premises, or arrest.


General information, from the VA

The private and community cemeteries that contain NCA soldiers' and government lots, and Confederate cemeteries, do not always have staffed offices on site. When administrative information for the larger cemetery is available, it is provided below.

This soldiers' lot is overseen by the Great Lakes National Cemetery.

Please contact the national cemetery for more information.

Directions from Nearest Airport
Directions from Detroit Metropolitan Airport (Detroit, MI):  Follow I-94 E to Port Huron.  Take exit 275 from I-94 E.  Exit road becomes Harker Street.  Drive to 10th Avenue and turn left (north).  Cemetery located just beyond Holland Avenue. 

Directions from Bishop International Airport (Flint, MI):  Get on I-69 E from W Bristol Road.  Take the I 69/I-94 E Bus Loop exit toward Port Huron.  Take exit 275 from I-94 E.  Exit road becomes Harker Street.  Drive to 10th Avenue and turn left (north).  Cemetery located just beyond Holland Avenue.


Planning a visit to a veterans cemetery

Pay your respects

Visitors to veterans’ graves sometimes leave a coin on the headstone to show that someone came. You can leave a symbolic coin here. No money is involved, and nothing about you is published. About the custom, and what each coin is said to mean.

History

Reproduced from the VA National Cemetery Administration’s page for this cemetery, retrieved November 11, 2026. This is the VA’s text, unedited; it is not independent research by this site.

Lakeside Cemetery was established in 1877 when the city of Port Huron, Michigan, purchased 148 acres from local resident John Hoffman. At one point the cemetery comprised 176 acres, but over time it was reduced to the current size of 96.5 acres.

The Lakeside Cemetery Soldiers' Lot encompasses lots 144 - 159. The 0.174-acre parcel was donated to the United States in 1881, when 135 remains from Old Fort Gratiot were re-interred at the cemetery. There were two installations known as Fort Gratiot; the first dated from 1814-1821, the second from 1828-1879. Both were located on the same site, on the west bank of the St. Clair River, approximately two miles south of Lakeside Cemetery. Of the 135 interments in the soldiers' lot, only 35 are known.

Monuments and Memorials
On July 7, 1884, the federal government dedicated a monument at the Lakeside Cemetery Soldiers' Lot to honor the unknown soldiers from Fort Gratiot who fell victims to the cholera epidemic, July 4, to 18, 1832. Built by Philo Truesdell of the Port Huron Marble and Granite Works, the shaft is constructed of Concord granite. A marble statue of a Union soldier attired in "those articles used in the [Civil] war" stands on top of the column. The monument is 24 feet in height, and cost $1,500 to complete.


Notable burials and memorials

Reproduced from the VA’s page for this cemetery, retrieved November 11, 2026, including Medal of Honor recipients where the VA lists them. Links lead to the VA’s own records. To correct an entry, contact the VA; to tell us our copy is out of date, report it.


Nearby veterans cemeteries

Distances are straight-line, not driving distances. All listed sites in Michigan

Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration. Find a Cemetery: all national cemeteries, and each cemetery’s own page. U.S. government work (public domain). Retrieved November 11, 2026. Used for: name, address, phone and burial-space status, hours, policies, history and notable burials.
  2. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration. Lakeside Cemetery Soldiers' Lot (official cemetery page). Retrieved November 11, 2026.
  3. Map position: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration. VA National Cemetery Sites (dataset).

This page was imported from the sources above and has not yet been individually reviewed by an editor. See the methodology.