Fort Bayard National Cemetery

A beautiful cemetery with a rich history. Glad I was able to visit it for Wreaths Across America with the Gadsden Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. Thank you Andrea for the great pictures.

While the fort has not been maintained, the cemetary has recently undergone some work. Absolutely beautiful area with so much history.

A humbling experience to see all the headstones and to read them. So many souls sacrificed, and passed. The Headstones also list the spouse on the other side, and for some multiple wives. Very interesting. It was winter when I was there and the lawns were meager. The place is clean and looks like it is being updated. I run out of words to describe feelings walking through a place like this.

It's a beautiful place, very well maintained.

Both my grandparents are buried here, my aunt, uncle and my cousin. This id a very nice cemetery and the services held here went very well.

My father had a beautiful ceremony this place is so amazing. Thank you all

The history is just incredible, but the main site is horribly neglected by the state and federal governments.

Just went to visit loved ones

Is just beautiful

Beautiful cementary!

This review is meant not for the cemetery itself, which is lovely and meticulously maintained, but for the fort itself.
This place is amazing, but it's got a huge feral cat problem. The lady that feeds and perpetuates this problem is extremely hostile and rude, and will threaten to call the police if she thinks you are walking your dog too close to the cats. It's rediculous. These cats continuously kill the interesting birds in the area, despite it's status as a location on the NM Birding Trail. Finally, a lot of the food this person puts out isn't even cat food, but stuff like bread. Essentially she is feeding not only these feral cats but also skunks, javelina and coyote as well. It's just a matter of time before we see large predators like mountain lions frequent this area as well. For whatever reason the city of Santa Clara chooses not to address this issue which will only lead to a more expensive problem in the future. I hope that Santa Clara does the right thing and implements a trap, fix and release program that leads to a humane solution, was I do not want to see these cats euthanized, but not doing anything at all isn't working either.