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The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial places came during the American Civil War, in an act passed by the U.S. Congress on July 17, 1862. [1]
- List of cemeteries in the United States - Wikipedia
The list of cemeteries in the United States includes both...
- List of cemeteries in the United States - Wikipedia
Banderas ondeando en el Cementerio nacional de Fort Logan, durante el Memorial Day 2006. Cementerio nacional de Memphis, Tennessee. En los Estados Unidos, cementerio nacional es una designación que se otorga a 142 cementerios que han tenido una importancia en la historia nacional.
Arlington National Cemetery is one of two cemeteries in the United States National Cemetery System that are maintained by the United States Army. Nearly 400,000 people are buried in its 639 acres (259 ha) in Arlington County, Virginia .
The first national cemeteries were created at the start of the Civil War, in the early 1860s, to bury US soldiers from the war. About a dozen national cemeteries and numerous soldiers' lots were established in 1862, more than a year after the war began with Confederate troops firing on Fort Sumter.
Arlington officially became a national cemetery on June 15, 1864, by order of Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. The original cemetery was 200 acres, and has since grown to 639 acres (as of early 2020).
18 de abr. de 2024 · National cemeteries are the final resting place for people who served in the United States Armed Forces. They are dignified landscapes with a tranquil, protected atmosphere. Faced with mounting casualties during the nation’s Civil War, Congress passed legislation in 1867 that authorized the creation of national cemeteries.
