Forest Park Cemetery East is located in Caddo Parish, Shreveport, Louisiana - a lush and glorious location to serve as a final resting place of one of the most populated and historical areas of Louisiana.

Founded in 1917, Forest Park is one of Louisiana's oldest cemeteries and comprises over 130 acres of southern Louisiana terrain, flora, and fauna. Richly wooded and rolling pathways offer visitors to this beautiful cemetery some of the most gorgeous scenery, colors, tree types, as well as sculptures and memorials to be found in the Old South.

Offering traditional ground burials, an aboveground burial mausoleum, and cremation niches, boulders and gardens, Forest Park Cemetery has met the needs of Shreveport residents for so many decades that it has become a historical landmark in the community.

Since its first burial in 1919, Forest Park Cemetery as well as its employees has been dedicated to serving the needs of both the living as well as those who have passed. Sculptures embrace the property, as do bronze statues and granite memorials, commemorating and honoring politicians, combat veterans, and founders of Shreveport as well.

Forest Park Cemetery is also the final resting place of several notable Louisiana residents, including military figures, artists, civil rights advocates, politicians, businessmen, and musicians, just to name a few. The grounds of Forest Park Cemetery offer the best of Southern comfort and grace as well as beauty, dignity, and heritage to visitors and loved ones who stroll through the grounds under the shade of ancient trees. The sheltering branches of such trees, the beautiful ground and the glorious smell of a multitude of tree and flower blooms that permeate the grounds nearly year round offer a sense of comfort and nostalgic memories for visitors and those grieving for their loved ones. The floral tributes that are available for viewing at one of these oldest most dignified cemeteries in the South is also comforting, as is the presence of so many beautiful sculptures and memorials throughout the grounds.

Forest Park Cemetery may be accessed very close to downtown Shreveport off Interstate 45 or Interstate 20. Located at 3700 St. Vincent Avenue, Forest Park Cemetery is open year-round, offering visitors one of the most peaceful settings within the environs of downtown Shreveport as well as the services of kind and compassionate care and concern offered by staff.