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national cemeteries


Identification code: 300000375



Alternative term/s

  • cemeteries, national
  • national cemetery

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Scope note:

Burial grounds established and maintained by a nation for the interment of military persons, civilian leaders, and other important national figures. In the United States, an official designation for 139 burial grounds established by the Congress of the United States in 1862 for the interment of armed forces servicemen and women whose last service ended honorably, but also containing the remains of certain civilian leaders.

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