On the grounds of the Mountain Home Veterans Administration Center, the cemetery was established in 1908 with the first interment, US Congressman Walter Preston Brownlow, who was the one who petitioned the government to have the veteran's center created.
On the grounds of the Mountain Home Veterans Administration Center, the cemetery was established in 1903 as part of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The cemetery features over 12,000 graves highlighted by a monument to Congressman Walter Preston Brownlow, who petitioned the government and worked tirelessly to have the veteran's center created.