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Gettysburg National Cemetery, Pennsylvania

Golden Gate National Cemetery, California

Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Hawaii

Gravesites at Fort Logan National Cemetery during Memorial Day 2006

Flags flying at Fort Logan National Cemetery during Memorial Day 2006. The cemetery has flat markers, a practice which is used extensively in the new fields at this cemetery.

National Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee

Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

"United States National Cemetery" is a designation for 146 nationally important cemeteries in the United States. A National Cemetery is generally a military cemetery containing the graves of U.S. military personnel, veterans and their spouses but not exclusively so. There are also state veteran cemeteries.

The best known National Cemetery is Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, outside of Washington, D.C..

Some National Cemeteries, especially Arlington, contain the graves of important civilian leaders and other important national figures. Some National Cemeteries also contain sections for Confederate soldiers.

The National Cemetery Administration of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs maintains 130 of the 146 national cemeteries. The Department of the Army maintains two national cemeteries, Arlington National Cemetery and United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery. The National Park Service (NPS) maintains 14 cemeteries associated with historic sites and battlefields. Additionally the American Battle Monuments Commission maintains 24 American military cemeteries overseas. These exceptions are noted on the list below.

[edit] History

The first National Cemeteries were set up after the United States Civil War by Edmund B. Whitman.^[1]

[edit] List of National Cemeteries

Cemetery	City	State	Entity
Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery	Elwood	Illinois	VA
Alabama National Cemetery	Montevallo	Alabama	VA
Alexandria National Cemetery	Pineville	Louisiana	VA
Alexandria National Cemetery	Alexandria	Virginia	VA
Alton National Cemetery	Alton	Illinois	VA
Andersonville National Cemetery	Andersonville	Georgia	NPS
Andrew Johnson National Cemetery	Greeneville	Tennessee	NPS
Annapolis National Cemetery	Annapolis	Maryland	VA
Antietam National Cemetery	Sharpsburg	Maryland	NPS
Arlington National Cemetery	Arlington	Virginia	Army
Balls Bluff National Cemetery	Leesburg	Virginia	VA
Baltimore National Cemetery	Baltimore	Maryland	VA
Barrancas National Cemetery	Pensacola	Florida	VA
Bath National Cemetery	Bath	New York	VA
Baton Rouge National Cemetery	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	VA
Battleground National Cemetery	Washington	D.C.	NPS
Bay Pines National Cemetery	Bay Pines	Florida	VA
Beaufort National Cemetery	Beaufort	South Carolina	VA
Beverly National Cemetery	Beverly	New Jersey	VA
Biloxi National Cemetery	Biloxi	Mississippi	VA
Black Hills National Cemetery	Sturgis	South Dakota	VA
Calverton National Cemetery	Calverton	New York	VA
Camp Butler National Cemetery	Springfield	Illinois	VA
Camp Nelson National Cemetery	Nicholasville	Kentucky	VA
Cave Hill National Cemetery	Louisville	Kentucky	VA
Chalmette National Cemetery	Chalmette	Louisiana	NPS
Chattanooga National Cemetery	Chattanooga	Tennessee	VA
City Point National Cemetery	Hopewell	Virginia	VA
Cold Harbor National Cemetery	Mechanicsville	Virginia	VA
Corinth National Cemetery	Corinth	Mississippi	VA
Crown Hill National Cemetery	Indianapolis	Indiana	VA
Culpeper National Cemetery	Culpeper	Virginia	VA
Custer National Cemetery	Crow Agency	Montana	NPS
Cypress Hills National Cemetery	Brooklyn	New York	VA
Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery	Dallas	Texas	VA
Danville National Cemetery (Illinois)	Danville	Illinois	VA
Danville National Cemetery (Kentucky)	Danville	Kentucky	VA
Danville National Cemetery (Virginia)	Danville	Virginia	VA
Dayton National Cemetery	Dayton	Ohio	VA
Eagle Point National Cemetery	Eagle Point	Oregon	VA
Fayetteville National Cemetery	Fayetteville	Arkansas	VA
Finn's Point National Cemetery	Salem	New Jersey	VA
Florence National Cemetery	Florence	South Carolina	VA
Florida National Cemetery	Bushnell	Florida	VA
Fort Bayard National Cemetery	Bayard	New Mexico	VA
Fort Bliss National Cemetery	Fort Bliss	Texas	VA
Fort Custer National Cemetery	Augusta	Michigan	VA
Fort Donelson National Cemetery	Dover	Tennessee	NPS
Fort Gibson National Cemetery	Fort Gibson	Oklahoma	VA
Fort Harrison National Cemetery	Richmond	Virginia	VA
Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery	Fort Leavenworth	Kansas	VA
Fort Logan National Cemetery	Denver	Colorado	VA
Fort Lyon National Cemetery	Las Animas	Colorado	VA
Fort McPherson National Cemetery	Maxwell	Nebraska	VA
Fort Meade National Cemetery	Sturgis	South Dakota	VA
Fort Mitchell National Cemetery	Fort Mitchell	Alabama	VA
Fort Richardson National Cemetery	Fort Richardson	Alaska	VA
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery	San Diego	California	VA
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery	San Antonio	Texas	VA
Fort Scott National Cemetery	Fort Scott	Kansas	VA
Fort Sill National Cemetery	Elgin	Oklahoma	VA
Fort Smith National Cemetery	Fort Smith	Arkansas	VA
Fort Snelling National Cemetery	Minneapolis	Minnesota	VA
Fredericksburg National Cemetery	Fredericksburg	Virginia	NPS
Georgia National Cemetery	Cherokee County	Georgia	VA
Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery	Schuylerville	New York	VA
Gettysburg National Cemetery	Gettysburg	Pennsylvania	NPS
Glendale National Cemetery	Richmond	Virginia	VA
Golden Gate National Cemetery	San Bruno	California	VA
Grafton National Cemetery	Grafton	West Virginia	VA
Hampton National Cemetery	Hampton	Virginia	VA
Hampton VA National Cemetery	Hampton	Virginia	VA
Hot Springs National Cemetery	Hot Springs	South Dakota	VA
Houston National Cemetery	Houston	Texas	VA
Indiantown Gap National Cemetery	Annville	Pennsylvania	VA
Jacksonville National Cemetery	Jacksonville	Florida	VA
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery	St. Louis	Missouri	VA
Jefferson City National Cemetery	Jefferson City	Missouri	VA
Keokuk National Cemetery	Keokuk	Iowa	VA
Kerrville National Cemetery	Kerrville	Texas	VA
Knoxville National Cemetery	Knoxville	Tennessee	VA
Leavenworth National Cemetery	Leavenworth	Kansas	VA
Lebanon National Cemetery	Lebanon	Kentucky	VA
Lexington National Cemetery	Lexington	Kentucky	VA
Little Rock National Cemetery	Little Rock	Arkansas	VA
Long Island National Cemetery	Farmingdale	New York	VA
Los Angeles National Cemetery	Los Angeles	California	VA
Loudon Park National Cemetery	Baltimore	Maryland	VA
Marietta National Cemetery	Marietta	Georgia	VA
Marion National Cemetery	Marion	Indiana	VA
Massachusetts National Cemetery	Bourne	Massachusetts	VA
Memphis National Cemetery	Memphis	Tennessee	VA
Mill Springs National Cemetery	Nancy	Kentucky	VA
Mobile National Cemetery	Mobile	Alabama	VA
Mound City National Cemetery	Mound City	Illinois	VA
Mountain Home National Cemetery	Mountain Home	Tennessee	VA
Nashville National Cemetery	Madison	Tennessee	VA
Natchez National Cemetery	Natchez	Mississippi	VA
National Cemetery of the Alleghenies	Cecil Township	Pennsylvania	VA
National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona	Phoenix	Arizona	VA
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific	Honolulu	Hawaii	VA
New Albany National Cemetery	New Albany	Indiana	VA
New Bern National Cemetery	New Bern	North Carolina	VA
Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery	Rittman	Ohio	VA
Philadelphia National Cemetery	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	VA
Poplar Grove National Cemetery	Petersburg	Virginia	NPS
Port Hudson National Cemetery	Zachary	Louisiana	VA
Prescott National Cemetery	Prescott	Arizona	VA
Puerto Rico National Cemetery	Bayamon	Puerto Rico	VA
Quantico National Cemetery	Triangle	Virginia	VA
Quincy National Cemetery	Quincy	Illinois	VA
Raleigh National Cemetery	Raleigh	North Carolina	VA
Richmond National Cemetery	Richmond	Virginia	VA
Riverside National Cemetery	Riverside	California	VA
Rock Island National Cemetery	Rock Island	Illinois	VA
Roseburg National Cemetery	Roseburg	Oregon	VA
Sacramento Valley National Cemetery	Dixon	California	VA
Salisbury National Cemetery	Salisbury	North Carolina	VA
San Antonio National Cemetery	San Antonio	Texas	VA
San Francisco National Cemetery	San Francisco	California	VA
San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery	Gustine	California	VA
Santa Fe National Cemetery	Santa Fe	New Mexico	VA
Seven Pines National Cemetery	Sandston	Virginia	VA
Shiloh National Cemetery	Shiloh	Tennessee	NPS
Sitka National Cemetery	Sitka	Alaska	VA
South Florida National Cemetery	Lake Worth	Florida	VA
Springfield National Cemetery	Springfield	Missouri	VA
St. Augustine National Cemetery	St. Augustine	Florida	VA
Staunton National Cemetery	Staunton	Virginia	VA
Stones River National Cemetery	Murfreesboro	Tennessee	NPS
Tahoma National Cemetery	Kent	Washington	VA
Togus National Cemetery	Chelsea	Maine	VA
U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery	Washington	D.C.	Army
Vicksburg National Cemetery	Vicksburg	Mississippi	NPS
Washington Crossing National Cemetery	Newtown	Pennsylvania	VA
West Virginia National Cemetery	Grafton	West Virginia	VA
Willamette National Cemetery	Portland	Oregon	VA
Wilmington National Cemetery	Wilmington	North Carolina	VA
Winchester National Cemetery	Winchester	Virginia	VA
Wood National Cemetery	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	VA
Woodlawn National Cemetery	Elmira	New York	VA
Yorktown National Cemetery	Yorktown	Virginia	NPS
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery	Louisville	Kentucky	VA

[edit] See also

USVA emblems for headstones and markers

[edit] References

^ "Edmund Whitman (1812-1873)". University of Michigan. http://www.clements.umich.edu/Webguides/Schoff/UZ/Whitman.html. Retrieved 2008-10-31. "After the war Whitman became assistant quartermaster in charge of national cemeteries and mortuary records for the same district. Charged with inspecting cemeteries and battlefields, he located Union soldiers buried in Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, and Alabama."

[edit] External links

Department of Veteran's Affairs, National Cemetery Administration

[0] "Edmund Whitman (1812-1873)". University of Michigan. http://www.clements.umich.edu/Webguides/Schoff/UZ/Whitman.html. Retrieved 2008-10-31. "After the war Whitman became assistant quartermaster in charge of national cemeteries and mortuary records for the same district. Charged with inspecting cemeteries and battlefields, he located Union soldiers buried in Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, and Alabama."

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[edit] History

[edit] List of National Cemeteries

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] External links