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== History == | == History == | ||
Glendale National Cemetery was established on May 7, 1866, and named after a farmstead that was on the property at the time. The original interments were the remains of | Glendale National Cemetery was established on May 7, 1866, and named after a farmstead that was on the property at the time. The original interments were the remains of Union soldiers who died at the [[Battle of Malvern Hill]] and other nearby American Civil War battlefields. | ||
Glendale National Cemetery was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1996. | Glendale National Cemetery was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1996. | ||
== Notable interments == | == Notable interments == | ||
* Corporal [[Michael Fleming Folland]] (1949–1969), | * Corporal [[Michael Fleming Folland]] (1949–1969), Medal of Honor recipient for action in the Vietnam War. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||