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Andrew Johnson's daughter [[Martha Johnson Patterson]] willed on September 2, 1898, that the land become a park. She further pushed in 1900 to make the site a national cemetery, so that instead of the Johnson family maintaining it, the federal government would.<ref>[[National Park Service]]. {{NRHP url|id=66000073|title=Andrew Johnson NHS NRHP Nomination form}}, pp. 24, 31</ref> The [[United States Congress]] chose to make the site a [[National Cemetery]] in 1906, and by 1908 the [[United States War Department]] took control of it. By 1939 there were 100 total graves in the cemetery. On May 23, 1942, control of the cemetery went to the [[National Park Service]].<ref>Andrew Johnson NHS NRHP form, pp. 24, 31</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/anjo/cemeteryhist.htm|title=A Short History of the National Cemetery - Andrew Johnson National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)|first1=Mailing Address: Andrew Johnson National Historic Site 121 Monument Ave|last1=Greeneville|first2=TN 37743 Phone: 423 638-3551 Contact|last2=Us|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2016-06-02|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203202017/https://www.nps.gov/anjo/cemeteryhist.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated2">Mark Corey, "[http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=707 Andrew Johnson National Historic Site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016222612/http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=707 |date=2013-10-16 }}," ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture''.</ref> | Andrew Johnson's daughter [[Martha Johnson Patterson]] willed on September 2, 1898, that the land become a park. She further pushed in 1900 to make the site a national cemetery, so that instead of the Johnson family maintaining it, the federal government would.<ref>[[National Park Service]]. {{NRHP url|id=66000073|title=Andrew Johnson NHS NRHP Nomination form}}, pp. 24, 31</ref> The [[United States Congress]] chose to make the site a [[National Cemetery]] in 1906, and by 1908 the [[United States War Department]] took control of it. By 1939 there were 100 total graves in the cemetery. On May 23, 1942, control of the cemetery went to the [[National Park Service]].<ref>Andrew Johnson NHS NRHP form, pp. 24, 31</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/anjo/cemeteryhist.htm|title=A Short History of the National Cemetery - Andrew Johnson National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)|first1=Mailing Address: Andrew Johnson National Historic Site 121 Monument Ave|last1=Greeneville|first2=TN 37743 Phone: 423 638-3551 Contact|last2=Us|website=www.nps.gov|access-date=2016-06-02|archive-date=2023-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203202017/https://www.nps.gov/anjo/cemeteryhist.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated2">Mark Corey, "[http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=707 Andrew Johnson National Historic Site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016222612/http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=707 |date=2013-10-16 }}," ''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture''.</ref> | ||
When the National Park Service was given jurisdiction of the cemetery in 1942, they ruled to allow no more interments, in order to preserve the historic nature of the cemeteries. Due to efforts by the [[American Legion]] and the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]], the cemetery once again accepted new interments, making the national cemetery one of the few controlled by the National Park Service to contain soldiers of the World Wars, [[Spanish–American War]], | When the National Park Service was given jurisdiction of the cemetery in 1942, they ruled to allow no more interments, in order to preserve the historic nature of the cemeteries. Due to efforts by the [[American Legion]] and the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]], the cemetery once again accepted new interments, making the national cemetery one of the few controlled by the National Park Service to contain soldiers of the World Wars, [[Spanish–American War]], Korean War, Vietnam War, and the [[Gulf War]]. Aside from [[Andersonville National Cemetery]], it is the only National Cemetery controlled by the [[United States Department of the Interior]] to accept new burials.<ref name="autogenerated1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cem.va.gov/find-cemetery/national-park-service.asp|title=VA.gov | Veterans Affairs|first=National Cemetery|last=Administration|website=www.cem.va.gov|access-date=2023-07-11|archive-date=2023-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624173524/https://www.cem.va.gov/find-cemetery/national-park-service.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
==Johnson monument== | ==Johnson monument== | ||