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  2. Pikes Peak National Cemetery - Wikipedia

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    Pikes Peak National Cemetery is a 374-acre (151-hectare) Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) national cemetery located in El Paso County, Colorado. The cemetery serves the burial needs of veterans, their spouses and eligible family members. When fully developed, the cemetery will have 95,000 graves and columbarian niches. [1] [2]

  3. United States National Cemetery System - Wikipedia

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    The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 military cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial places came during the American Civil War , in an act passed by the U.S. Congress on July 17, 1862. [ 1 ]

  4. List of cemeteries in Colorado - Wikipedia

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    Pikes Peak National Cemetery in El Paso County. Crystal Valley Cemetery, Manitou Springs; NRHP-listed; Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs; Fairview Cemetery, Colorado Springs; Pikes Peak National Cemetery, near Colorado Springs; United States Air Force Academy Cemetery, Colorado Springs; NRHP-listed

  5. He had no family. He was not famous. Yet hundreds attended ...

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    The U.S. Navy veteran died Dec. 1 in hospice care at age 97, according to his obituary, and Lebanon, New Hampshire resident Kevin Dougherty, one of more than 200 attendees at the funeral.

  6. Veteran comes out as gay in obituary: 'Now that my secret is ...

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    The obituary included a painting of a man, seemingly Ryan, in his military uniform. By the evening of June 12, around 150 people had written messages of support for the late veteran in the ...

  7. List of cemeteries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Der Stadt Friedhof, Fredericksburg – pioneer cemetery; Founders Memorial Cemetery, Houston – oldest cemetery in Houston; Jackson Ranch Church Cemetery and Eli Jackson Cemetery, Hidalgo County, Texas [7] Olivewood Cemetery, Houston – the city's earliest African-American cemetery, founded around 1870; Texas State Cemetery, Austin

  8. Photo of bald eagle atop veteran's gravestone goes viral - AOL

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    A remarkable photograph of an American bald eagle perched atop of a veteran's gravestone went viral on Memorial Day, and reminded the nation the true reason for the national holiday.Sunday evening ...

  9. Zebulon Pike - Wikipedia

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    Zebulon Montgomery Pike (January 5, 1779 – April 27, 1813) was an American brigadier general and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named. As a U.S. Army officer he led two expeditions through the Louisiana Purchase territory, first in 1805–1806 to reconnoiter the upper northern reaches of the Mississippi River, and then in 1806–1807 to explore the southwest to the fringes of ...

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