The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 173 military cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial places came during the American Civi
A plaque at Chattanooga National Cemetery that explains the history of the National Cemetery System
Gettysburg National Cemetery, Pennsylvania
Golden Gate National Cemetery, California
Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Gettysburg National Cemetery
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Gettysburg National Cemetery, originally called Soldiers' National Cemetery, is a United States national cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, created for Union army casualties sustained in the Battle
United States National Cemetery System
…Two of the nation's most iconic military cemeteries, Arlington National Cemetery which is under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army, and Gettysburg National Cemetery, under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, were established in 1864 and 1863, respectively. The National Cemetery Administration of the…
President Lincoln (seated, left of center) at the cemetery's consecration on November 19, 1863, several hours before he delivered his famed Gettysburg Address
Granite bands mark the graves of unknown soldiers.
National Cemetery rostrum (1879)