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The VA only permits graphics on government-furnished headstones or markers that are approved emblems of belief, the Civil War Union Shield (including those who served in the U.S. military through the Spanish–American War), the Civil War Confederate Southern Cross of Honor, and the Medal of Honor insignia.
The two flags in the eagle's talons represent the span of America's history from 13 colonies to the present 50 states. The flags are bound by a golden cord symbolic of those Americans who have fallen in service to their country. The eagle holds the cord to perpetuate the memory of those veterans who have fallen and sacrificed for the nation.
The flag of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) embodies the seal of the department on a blue field. When the time came for a redesign of the seal in 1989, a 225,000 employee-wide contest was held in order to find a suitable design. [ 1 ]
David Harvey, a member of a VFW post in Fredericksburg, Virginia, discovered a burial flag at his post. Written on the flag's header was u0022Thomas J. Ayers VFW Post 3463, Dover, Ohio.u0022 ...
VA interpretive sign about Culpeper National Cemetery. Culpeper National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the town of Culpeper, in Culpeper County, Virginia. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 29.6 acres (120,000 m 2) of land, and as 2021, had over 14,000 interments.
Upon this circle shall be painted or embroidered, to show on both sides alike, the coat of arms of the Commonwealth, as described in § 7.1-26 for the obverse of the great seal of the Commonwealth; and there shall be a white silk fringe on the outer edge, furthest from the flagstaff. This shall be known and respected as the flag of Virginia.
There are over 300,000 headstones and hundreds of memorials at Arlington National Cemetery. Arlington House itself is a memorial to George Washington.The son of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, John Parke Custis purchased the 1,100-acre (450 ha) tract of wooded land on the Potomac River north of Alexandria, Virginia in 1778.
The Hampton VAMC National Cemetery is the smallest cemetery overseen by the Department of Veterans Affairs.It is located on the grounds of the Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center.