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    The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 military cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military...
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    Arlington National Cemetery is the largest cemetery in the United States National Cemetery System, one of two maintained by the United States Army. Over...
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  • of cemeteries in the United States includes both active and historic sites, and does not include pet cemeteries. At the end of the list by states, cemeteries...
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    National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the Town of Riverhead in Suffolk County on eastern Long Island in New York. The cemetery's street...
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    Quantico National Cemetery is a national cemetery in Triangle, Virginia for veterans who served in the United States Armed Forces. Adjacent to and originally...
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    National Cemetery (RNC) is a cemetery located in Riverside, California, dedicated to the interment of United States military personnel. The cemetery covers...
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    War grave (redirect from Military cemetery)
    protected by the Law 60/1962. In the United States, war graves are managed within the United States National Cemetery System and American Battle Monuments Commission...
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    The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) maintains many cemeteries specifically devoted to veterans. Most have various rules regarding what...
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    the United States Armed Forces, and those who have been killed in doing so. It is administered by the National Cemetery Administration of the United States...
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    Zachary Taylor National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located at 4701 Brownsboro Road (US-42), in Louisville, Kentucky. It is named for...
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    catered to a more middle-class clientele. The cemetery is a part of the United States National Cemetery System dating back to the American Civil War. It contains...
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    Arsenal. The cemetery is named after President Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States and founder of the National Cemetery system and who...
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    Beaufort National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Beaufort County, in the city of Beaufort, South Carolina. Managed by the United States...
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    Chattanooga National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located near the center of the city of Chattanooga in Hamilton County, Tennessee. Administered...
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    West  Point West  Point West Point Cemetery is a historic cemetery on the grounds of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. It overlooks...
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    In 1865, the federal government also began creating the United States National Cemetery System for the Union war dead. By the 1880s, ceremonies were becoming...
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    The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated...
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    In the United States, the presidential library system is a nationwide network of 16 libraries administered by the Office of Presidential Libraries, which...
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  • Thumbnail for Willamette National Cemetery
    Willamette National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of the city of Portland, Oregon. Administered...
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    National historic areas in the United States. List of areas in the United States National Park System List of national monuments of the United States...
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    the United States Congress, including Jacob Sloat Fassett are also interred there. Within Woodlawn Cemetery is the distinct Woodlawn National Cemetery, begun...
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  • Dallas–Fort Worth National Cemetery is a United States national cemetery located in the city of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas (United States). Administered...
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    Flag and seal of the Department of Veterans Affairs (category United States Department of Veterans Affairs)
    Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs / Director of the United States National Cemetery System consists of a white or light blue field with the departmental...
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  • Thumbnail for Florida National Cemetery
    National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located near the city of Bushnell in Sumter County, Florida. Administered by the United States...
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    Fort Snelling National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the Fort Snelling Unorganized Territory adjacent to the historic fort and...
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    Golden Gate National Cemetery is a United States national cemetery in California, located in the city of San Bruno, 12 miles (20 km) south of San Francisco...
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    The Los Angeles National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the Sawtelle unincorporated community of the West Los Angeles neighborhood in...
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  • Highways are split into at least four different types of systems in the United States: Interstate Highways, U.S. Highways, state highways, and county highways...
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    Glenwood Memorial Gardens (category United States national cemeteries)
    Glenwood was part of the United States National Cemetery System during the American Civil War, with a leased lot within the cemetery for 702 Union soldiers...
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    Woodlands was a part of the United States National Cemetery System during the American Civil War with a leased lot within the cemetery for soldiers that died...
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