The public lands hereinafter described are set aside and designated as a memorial cemetery for the burial of sailors and shall
be maintained solely for that purpose. The cemetery shall be known as the Unknown Sailors' Cemetery and shall include the
following described lands:
Beginning at a point on the north edge of the State Highway leading from the Town of Lewes towards the old Henlopen Lighthouse
Reservation, said point being 171 feet east from the lines of Lewes Coast Guard Station and corner for lands in possession
of Louis L. Paynter, and thence running along and with one line of said lands 577 feet to a point at high water mark on Delaware
Bay, thence along the high water mark of said Bay southeast 350 feet to a point corner for land leased to the Lewes Fertilizer
Company, now in possession of Smith Meal Company, thence along and with one line of said lands southwest 568 feet to a point
in the north edge of the above described highway, thence along and with the north edge of said Highway 385 feet home to the
place of beginning.
42 Del. Laws, c. 2, § 1; 7 Del. C. 1953, § 5101.;
§ 5102. Agency in charge of cemetery; powers.
The Delaware Society for the Preservation of Antiquities, a corporation of the State, is the state agency or authority of
the State designated to carry out this chapter. The Society shall provide for the care and maintenance and the reconstruction
and restoration of the Unknown Sailors' Cemetery, and may make application to any federal department, board or agency for
the performance of any necessary work and may accept any grant which is available to it as such state agency or to the State
for the purpose of the reconstruction and restoration of the cemetery.
The public lands hereinafter described are set aside and designated as a memorial cemetery for the burial of sailors and shall
be maintained solely for that purpose. The cemetery shall be known as the Unknown Sailors' Cemetery and shall include the
following described lands:
Beginning at a point on the north edge of the State Highway leading from the Town of Lewes towards the old Henlopen Lighthouse
Reservation, said point being 171 feet east from the lines of Lewes Coast Guard Station and corner for lands in possession
of Louis L. Paynter, and thence running along and with one line of said lands 577 feet to a point at high water mark on Delaware
Bay, thence along the high water mark of said Bay southeast 350 feet to a point corner for land leased to the Lewes Fertilizer
Company, now in possession of Smith Meal Company, thence along and with one line of said lands southwest 568 feet to a point
in the north edge of the above described highway, thence along and with the north edge of said Highway 385 feet home to the
place of beginning.
42 Del. Laws, c. 2, § 1; 7 Del. C. 1953, § 5101.;
§ 5102. Agency in charge of cemetery; powers.
The Delaware Society for the Preservation of Antiquities, a corporation of the State, is the state agency or authority of
the State designated to carry out this chapter. The Society shall provide for the care and maintenance and the reconstruction
and restoration of the Unknown Sailors' Cemetery, and may make application to any federal department, board or agency for
the performance of any necessary work and may accept any grant which is available to it as such state agency or to the State
for the purpose of the reconstruction and restoration of the cemetery.
The public lands hereinafter described are set aside and designated as a memorial cemetery for the burial of sailors and shall
be maintained solely for that purpose. The cemetery shall be known as the Unknown Sailors' Cemetery and shall include the
following described lands:
Beginning at a point on the north edge of the State Highway leading from the Town of Lewes towards the old Henlopen Lighthouse
Reservation, said point being 171 feet east from the lines of Lewes Coast Guard Station and corner for lands in possession
of Louis L. Paynter, and thence running along and with one line of said lands 577 feet to a point at high water mark on Delaware
Bay, thence along the high water mark of said Bay southeast 350 feet to a point corner for land leased to the Lewes Fertilizer
Company, now in possession of Smith Meal Company, thence along and with one line of said lands southwest 568 feet to a point
in the north edge of the above described highway, thence along and with the north edge of said Highway 385 feet home to the
place of beginning.
42 Del. Laws, c. 2, § 1; 7 Del. C. 1953, § 5101.;
§ 5102. Agency in charge of cemetery; powers.
The Delaware Society for the Preservation of Antiquities, a corporation of the State, is the state agency or authority of
the State designated to carry out this chapter. The Society shall provide for the care and maintenance and the reconstruction
and restoration of the Unknown Sailors' Cemetery, and may make application to any federal department, board or agency for
the performance of any necessary work and may accept any grant which is available to it as such state agency or to the State
for the purpose of the reconstruction and restoration of the cemetery.