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identical Congressional cenotaphs, believed to have been designed by the Architect of the Capitol Benjamin Latrobe. As used at the Congressional Cemetery, the term

wars involving the United States from the American Revolutionary War to the present totals ninety-nine wars. The majority of the United States military casualties

jpg Arlington National Cemetery is the largest cemetery in the United States National Cemetery System, one of two maintained by the United States Army. Over

president. Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his foreign policy concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A Democrat

National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located within Rock Island Arsenal near the city of Rock Island, Illinois. Administered by the United

Pennsylvania cemeteries Washington Crossing National Cemetery fact sheet "Bucks County". https://www.buckslocalnews.com/the_advance/burials-to-begin-at-washi

National Cemetery System The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 military cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority

burials from the original post cemetery were moved to it. In 1960, the Fort Snelling Air Force Station transferred 146 acres (59 ha) to the cemetery; another

brought the cemetery to its current size. The original burials in the cemetery were re-interments from Oakwood Cemetery and Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond

considered the war's turning point, leading ultimately to the Union victory. The land of the cemetery was part of the Gettysburg Battlefield, and the cemetery

facility at Quantico. The cemetery was formally dedicated on May 15, 1983. File:Quantico-National-Cemetery-Wreaths-Dec-6-08.jpg In October 1983, the public

The cemetery was a part of the United States National Cemetery System during the American Civil War with a leased lot within the cemetery for 277 soldiers

since the cemetery's dedication. File:Cimetiere Colleville Tombe General Roosevelt.jpg Among the burials at the cemetery are three recipients of the Medal

administered by the US Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration. The 10.5 acres (4.2 ha) cemetery began as a satellite cemetery of Black

Rouge National Cemetery.jpg Burials in the cemetery grounds took place as early as 1830, but the site was predominantly used during the Civil War to bury

major threat to the Abenaki and Mohicans, while the Susquehannock briefly conquered the Lenape in the 1600s. The most devastating event of the century, however

Korean War, Vietnam War, and the Persian Gulf War. The cemetery began as the Taylor family cemetery and holds the graves of the president's parents, Richard

attempting to turn the fort over to the British. After Arnold betrayed the patriot cause, the Army changed the name of the fortifications at West Point, New

available to the president, in consultation of the secretary of state, the ambassador at large, the National Security Council special advisor, and the commission

(November 11, 1998) changed the National Cemetery System, headed by a Director, to the National Cemetery Administration, headed by the Under Secretary of Memorial