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{{Short description|Veterans cemetery}}
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| name         = United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery
| image        = US S&A Home National Cemetery.jpg
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| alt          = US S&A Home National Cemetery
| caption      = Snow-covered [[headstone]]s at the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery in February 2006
| map_type     = United States District of Columbia street#USA
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| established  = {{Start date|July 1861}}
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| location     = 21 Harewood Rd NW, [[Washington, D.C.]] 20011
| country      = United States
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| type         = [[United States National Cemetery System|United States National Cemetery]]
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| owner        = [[United States Department of the Army|U.S. Department of the Army]]
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| footnotes    =<ref name="loc.gov">{{Cite book |last=Library of Congress |url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003032213 |title=Soldiers' Home National Cemetery (U.S.) |series=LC Name Authority File (LCNAF) |language=en-US |author-link=Library of Congress |access-date=May 10, 2020}}</ref><ref name="nps">{{Cite book |last=National Park Service |url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/national_cemeteries/District_of_Columbia/US_Soldiers_and_Airmens_Home_National_Cemetery.html |title=United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery Washington, D.C. |series=Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary: Civil War Era National Cemeteries: Honoring Those Who Served |language=en-US |author-link=National Park Service |access-date=May 10, 2020}}</ref><ref name="cem.va.gov">{{Cite web |title=National Cemetery Administration: Cemeteries |url=https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/index.asp |access-date=May 10, 2020 |website=www.cem.va.gov |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="artsandculture">{{Cite web |title=Soldiers' Home National Cemetery 1864 |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/soldiers-home-national-cemetery-1864-library-of-congress/qQH9O6zp5CVa1w |access-date=May 10, 2020 |website=[[Google Arts & Culture]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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'''United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery''', in [[Washington, D.C.]], is located next to the [[Armed Forces Retirement Home|U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home]]. It is one of only two [[United States National Cemetery|national cemeteries]] administered by the [[United States Department of the Army|Department of the Army]], the other being [[Arlington National Cemetery]]. The national cemetery is adjacent to the historic [[Rock Creek Cemetery]] and to the [[President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home National Monument|Soldiers' Home]].
==Background==
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Immediately after the Battle of Bull Run, the Commissioners of the [[United States Military Asylum]] offered six acres of land at the north end of their grounds as a burial ground for soldiers and officers,<ref name="nps" /> which was sold to them by [[George Washington Riggs]] when the asylum was established.<ref>{{cite web |title=Establishment of the 'Military Asylum. |url=https://www.lincolncottage.org/the-soldiers-home |website=President Lincoln's Cottage|date=March 10, 2013 }}</ref>

The only people presently eligible for burial at the cemetery are residents of the [[Armed Forces Retirement Home]].<ref name="nps" />

==Notable interments==
The cemetery is the final resting place for more than 14,000 veterans, starting with those that fought in the Civil War.<ref name="nps" />
* [[Thomas Boyne]] (1849–1896), [[Buffalo Soldier]] in the [[Indian Wars]], sergeant, and Medal of Honor recipient
* [[Benjamin Brown (Medal of Honor recipient)|Benjamin Brown]] (1859–1910), Buffalo Soldier in the Indian Wars, sergeant, and Medal of Honor recipient
* [[John Denny (Medal of Honor recipient)|John Denny]] (1846–1901), Buffalo Soldier in the Indian Wars, sergeant, and Medal of Honor recipient
* [[Henry Jackson Hunt]] (1819–1889), [[Union Army]] chief of artillery, and artillery general of The [[Army of the Potomac]] in the American Civil War
* [[John C. Kelton]] (1828–1893), [[List of Adjutant Generals of the U.S. Army|Adjutant Brigadier General of the U.S. Army]] from 1889 to 1892
* [[John A. Logan]] (1826–1886), [[Union Army]] major general in the American Civil War, 1884 [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] vice presidential nominee, Illinois senator (1871–77 & 1879–86) and Illinois representative (1859–62 & 1867–71)
* [[David S. Stanley]] (1828–1902), [[Union Army]] major general in the American Civil War and Medal of Honor recipient
* [[Agnes von Kurowsky]] (1892–1984), an American nurse during World War I who was the basis for the character "Catherine  Barkley" in ''[[A Farewell to Arms]]''

==See also==
* [[President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home National Monument]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}
* {{Find a Grave cemetery}}
* [https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/United-States-Soldiers-and-Airmens-Home-National-Cemetery/259344 United States Soldiers and Airmens Home National Cemetery] at BillionGraves

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