United States National Cemetery System - United States National Cemetery System

En plak på Chattanooga National Cemetery, der forklarer historien om National Cemetery System.
Gettysburg National Cemetery , Pennsylvania
Golden Gate National Cemetery , Californien
Arlington National Cemetery , Virginia
Fort Snelling National Cemetery , Minnesota
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific , Hawaii
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. Mindedag 2010
Fort Logan National Cemetery
Gravsteder på Fort Logan National Cemetery under Memorial Day 2006
Fort Logan National Cemetery
Flag, der flyver på Fort Logan National Cemetery under Memorial Day 2006. Kirkegården har flade markører, en praksis, der bruges i vid udstrækning i de nye marker på denne kirkegård.
National Cemetery i Memphis , Tennessee
Oprettelse af nationale kirkegårde

Den USA National Cemetery System er et system af 171 nationalt vigtige kirkegårde i USA . Autoriteten til at oprette militære gravpladser kom under den amerikanske borgerkrig i en handling vedtaget af den amerikanske kongres den 17. juli 1862. Ved udgangen af ​​1862 var der etableret 14 nationale kirkegårde (se billedtekst). En national kirkegård er generelt en militær kirkegård, der indeholder grave fra amerikanske militærpersonale , veteraner og deres ægtefæller, men ikke udelukkende. Den mest kendte nationale kirkegård er Arlington National Cemetery i Arlington County, Virginia , uden for Washington, DC Nogle nationale kirkegårde, især Arlington, indeholder grave for vigtige civile ledere og andre vigtige nationale figurer. Nogle nationale kirkegårde indeholder også sektioner til konfødererede soldater. Ud over nationale kirkegårde er der også statlige veterankirkegårde.

Den National Cemetery Administration af Veteranministeriet (VA) fastholder 155 nationale kirkegårde samt Nationwide Gravesite Locator, som kan bruges til at finde nedgravning placeringer af amerikanske militære veteraner. Den Department of the Army fastholder 2 nationale kirkegårde, Arlington National Cemetery og USA soldater- og Airmen Hjemmestyre National Cemetery . Den National Park Service (NPS) fastholder 14 nationale kirkegårde forbundet med historiske steder og slagmarker.

Den amerikanske kampmonumentskommission , et uafhængigt agentur, opretholder 26 amerikanske militærkirkegårde og andre mindesmærker uden for USA.

Historie

De første nationale kirkegårde blev oprettet efter den amerikanske borgerkrig af Edmund Burke Whitman . Kongressen vedtog en lov om oprettelse og beskyttelse af nationale kirkegårde i 1867.

Endelige militære udmærkelser gives til kvalificerede veteraner af flere frivillige detaljer kendt som Memorial Honor Detail (MHD) efter anmodning fra familiemedlemmer gennem deres valg af lysthus, der håndterer afdødes rester.

Liste over amerikanske kirkegårde i USA

Kirkegård By Stat Bureau Grundlagt
Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Elwood Illinois VA 1999
Acadia National Cemetery Jonesboro Maine VA 2020
Alabama National Cemetery Montevallo Alabama VA 2009
Alexandria National Cemetery (Louisiana) Pineville Louisiana VA 1867
Alexandria National Cemetery (Virginia) Alexandria Virginia VA 1862
Alton National Cemetery Alton Illinois VA 1948
Andersonville National Cemetery Andersonville Georgien NPS 1865
Andrew Johnson National Cemetery Greeneville Tennessee NPS 1906
Annapolis National Cemetery Annapolis Maryland VA 1862
Antietam National Cemetery Sharpsburg Maryland NPS 1862
Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Virginia Hær 1864
Bakersfield National Cemetery Bakersfield Californien VA 2009
Balls Bluff National Cemetery Leesburg Virginia VA 1865
Baltimore National Cemetery Baltimore Maryland VA 1936
Barrancas National Cemetery Pensacola Florida VA 1868
Bath National Cemetery Bad New York VA 1879
Baton Rouge National Cemetery Baton Rouge Louisiana VA 1867
Battleground National Cemetery Washington DC NPS 1867
Bay Pines National Cemetery Bay Pines Florida VA 1933
Beaufort National Cemetery Beaufort South Carolina VA 1863
Beverly National Cemetery Beverly New Jersey VA 1864
Biloxi National Cemetery Biloxi Mississippi VA 1934
Black Hills National Cemetery Sturgis South Dakota VA 1948
Calverton National Cemetery Calverton New York VA 1976
Camp Butler National Cemetery Springfield Illinois VA 1862
Camp Nelson National Cemetery Nicholasville Kentucky VA 1866
Cape Canaveral National Cemetery Scottsmoor Florida VA 2015
Cave Hill National Cemetery Louisville Kentucky VA 1863
Chalmette National Cemetery Chalmette Louisiana NPS 1868
Chattanooga National Cemetery Chattanooga Tennessee VA 1867
Cheyenne National Cemetery Cheyenne Wyoming VA 2020
City Point National Cemetery Hopewell Virginia VA 1866
Cold Harbour National Cemetery Mechanicsville Virginia VA 1866
Korinth National Cemetery Korint Mississippi VA 1866
Crown Hill National Cemetery Indianapolis Indiana VA 1866
Culpeper National Cemetery Culpeper Virginia VA 1867
Custer National Cemetery Crow Agency Montana NPS 1879
Cypress Hills National Cemetery Brooklyn New York VA 1862
Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery Dallas Texas VA 2000
Danville National Cemetery (Illinois) Danville Illinois VA 1862
Danville National Cemetery (Kentucky) Danville Kentucky VA 1866
Danville National Cemetery (Virginia) Danville Virginia VA 1898
Dayton National Cemetery Dayton Ohio VA 1867
Eagle Point National Cemetery Eagle Point Oregon VA 1952
Fargo National Cemetery Harwood North Dakota VA 2019
Fayetteville National Cemetery Fayetteville Arkansas VA 1867
Finn's Point National Cemetery Salem New Jersey VA 1875
Firenze National Cemetery Firenze South Carolina VA 1865
Florida National Cemetery Bushnell Florida VA 1987
Fort Bayard National Cemetery Bayard Ny mexico VA 1922
Fort Bliss National Cemetery Fort Bliss Texas VA 1939
Fort Custer National Cemetery Augusta Michigan VA 1982
Fort Donelson National Cemetery Dover Tennessee NPS 1867
Fort Gibson National Cemetery Fort Gibson Oklahoma VA 1868
Fort Harrison National Cemetery Richmond Virginia VA 1866
Fort Jackson National Cemetery Columbia South Carolina VA 2009
Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery Fort Leavenworth Kansas VA 1862
Fort Logan National Cemetery Denver Colorado VA 1950
Fort Lyon National Cemetery Las Animas Colorado VA 1867
Fort McPherson National Cemetery Maxwell Nebraska VA 1873
Fort Meade National Cemetery Sturgis South Dakota VA 1878
Fort Mitchell National Cemetery Fort Mitchell Alabama VA 1987
Fort Richardson National Cemetery Fort Richardson Alaska VA 1984
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery San Diego Californien VA 1934
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio Texas VA 1937
Fort Scott National Cemetery Fort Scott Kansas VA 1862
Fort Sheridan National Cemetery Fort Sheridan Illinois VA 1889
Fort Sill National Cemetery Elgin Oklahoma VA 2001
Fort Smith National Cemetery Fort Smith Arkansas VA 1867
Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis Minnesota VA 1939
Fort Stevens National Cemetery Hammond Oregon VA 1905
Fredericksburg National Cemetery Fredericksburg Virginia NPS 1865
Georgia National Cemetery Cherokee County Georgien VA 2006
Gerald BH Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery Schuylerville New York VA 1999
Gettysburg National Cemetery Gettysburg Pennsylvania NPS 1863
Glendale National Cemetery Richmond Virginia VA 1866
Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno Californien VA 1938
Grafton National Cemetery Grafton West Virginia VA 1867
Great Lakes National Cemetery Holly Michigan VA 2005
Hampton National Cemetery Hampton Virginia VA 1866
Hampton VAMC National Cemetery Hampton Virginia VA 1898
Hot Springs National Cemetery Varme kilder South Dakota VA 1930
Houston National Cemetery Houston Texas VA 1963
Indiantown Gap National Cemetery Annville Pennsylvania VA 1976
Jacksonville National Cemetery Jacksonville Florida VA 2009
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery St. Louis Missouri VA 1866
Jefferson City National Cemetery Jefferson City Missouri VA 1867
Keokuk National Cemetery Keokuk Iowa VA 1862
Kerrville National Cemetery Kerrville Texas VA 1943
Knoxville National Cemetery Knoxville Tennessee VA 1863
Leavenworth National Cemetery Leavenworth Kansas VA 1930
Libanon National Cemetery Libanon Kentucky VA 1867
Lexington National Cemetery Lexington Kentucky VA 1863
Little Rock National Cemetery Little Rock Arkansas VA 1868
Long Island National Cemetery Farmingdale New York VA 1936
Los Angeles National Cemetery Los Angeles Californien VA 1930
Loudon Park National Cemetery Baltimore Maryland VA 1862
Louisiana National Cemetery Zachary Louisiana VA 2012
Marietta National Cemetery Marietta Georgien VA 1866
Marion National Cemetery Marion Indiana VA 1930
Massachusetts National Cemetery Bourne Massachusetts VA 1976
Memphis National Cemetery Memphis Tennessee VA 1867
Mill Springs National Cemetery Nancy Kentucky VA 1862
Miramar National Cemetery Miramar, San Diego Californien VA 2010
Mobile National Cemetery Mobil Alabama VA 1865
Mound City National Cemetery Mound City Illinois VA 1864
Mountain Home National Cemetery Mountain Home Tennessee VA 1903
Nashville National Cemetery Madison Tennessee VA 1866
Natchez National Cemetery Natchez Mississippi VA 1866
National Cemetery of Alleghenies Cecil Township Pennsylvania VA 2005
National Memorial Cemetery i Arizona Phoenix Arizona VA 1989
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Honolulu Hawaii VA 1948
New Albany National Cemetery New Albany Indiana VA 1862
New Bern National Cemetery New Bern North Carolina VA 1867
Northwoods National Cemetery Harshaw Wisconsin VA 2020
Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery Rittman Ohio VA 2000
Omaha National Cemetery Omaha Nebraska VA 2016
Philadelphia National Cemetery Philadelphia Pennsylvania VA 1862
Pikes Peak National Cemetery Colorado Springs Colorado VA 2018
Poplar Grove National Cemetery Petersborg Virginia NPS 1866
Port Hudson National Cemetery Zachary Louisiana VA 1866
Prescott National Cemetery Prescott Arizona VA 1931
Puerto Rico Nationale Kirkegård Bayamon Puerto Rico VA 1948
Quantico National Cemetery Trekant Virginia VA 1977
Quincy National Cemetery Quincy Illinois VA 1899
Raleigh National Cemetery Raleigh North Carolina VA 1871
Richmond National Cemetery Richmond Virginia VA 1866
Riverside National Cemetery Riverside Californien VA 1976
Rock Island National Cemetery Rock Island Illinois VA 1863
Roseburg National Cemetery Roseburg Oregon VA 1932
Sacramento Valley National Cemetery Dixon Californien VA 2006
Salisbury National Cemetery Salisbury North Carolina VA 1865
San Antonio National Cemetery San Antonio Texas VA 1867
San Francisco National Cemetery San Francisco Californien VA 1884
San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery Gustine Californien VA 1992
Santa Fe National Cemetery Santa Fe Ny mexico VA 1875
Sarasota National Cemetery Sarasota Florida VA 2009
Seven Pines National Cemetery Sandston Virginia VA 1866
Shiloh National Cemetery Shiloh Tennessee NPS 1867
Sitka National Cemetery Sitka Alaska VA 1924
Snake River Canyon National Cemetery Buhl Idaho VA 2020
South Florida National Cemetery Lake Worth Florida VA 2007
Springfield National Cemetery Springfield Missouri VA 1867
St. Augustine National Cemetery St. Augustine Florida VA 1881
Staunton National Cemetery Staunton Virginia VA 1866
Stones River National Cemetery Murfreesboro Tennessee NPS 1865
Tahoma National Cemetery Kent Washington VA 1997
Tallahassee National Cemetery Tallahassee Florida VA 2015
Togus Nationale Kirkegård Chelsea Maine VA 1936
US Soldiers '& Airmen's Home National Cemetery Washington DC Hær 1862
Vancouver Barracks National Cemetery Vancouver Washington VA 1882
Vicksburg National Cemetery Vicksburg Mississippi NPS 1866
Washington Crossing National Cemetery Ny by Pennsylvania VA 2009
Western New York National Cemetery Pembroke New York VA 2020
West Virginia National Cemetery Grafton West Virginia VA 1987
Willamette National Cemetery Portland Oregon VA 1950
Wilmington National Cemetery Wilmington North Carolina VA 1867
Winchester National Cemetery Winchester Virginia VA 1866
Wood National Cemetery Milwaukee Wisconsin VA 1871
Woodlawn National Cemetery Elmira New York VA 1874
Yellowstone National Cemetery Laurel Montana VA 2014
Yorktown National Cemetery Yorktown Virginia NPS 1866
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville Kentucky VA 1928

Se også

Noter og referencer

Yderligere læsning

  • Bontrager, Shannon. Death at the Edges of Empire: Fallen Soldiers, Cultural Memory, and the Making of an American Nation, 1863–1921 (University of Nebraska Press, 2020); minder om amerikansk krigsdød. online resume af forfatter

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