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West Virginia National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located Grafton, Taylor County, West Virginia. It encompasses 89.7 acres (36.3 ha). Along with Grafton National Cemetery, it is one of the two national cemeteries in the state of West Virginia, both of which are located in Grafton. After it was determined that the 3 acres (1.2 ...
The West Virginia United Veterans National Cemetery Committee was established and sought to pressure the governor and federal government representatives to seek a new national cemetery. In 1987, the 58 acres (23 ha) West Virginia National Cemetery opened nearby. [7] The Grafton cemetery closed to most new interments.
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 ]
Confederate Cemetery at Lewisburg (also known as Confederate Burial Grounds) is a historic cemetery located at Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The cemetery is the final resting place of 95 unknown Confederate soldiers from the Battles of Lewisburg (May 23, 1862) and Droop Mountain (November 6, 1863). They are buried in a three-foot ...
Spring Hill Cemetery (Huntington, West Virginia) W. West Virginia National Cemetery This page was last edited on 28 December 2023, at 19:01 (UTC). ...
West Virginia portal Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia . Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S. state of West Virginia .
The facility, located at 4614 E. 50th St., will be the fifth Texas state veterans cemetery built and run by the Texas Veterans Land Board — the first in more than a decade.
This category is for all current and historic military facilities located in the State of West Virginia. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.