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Bay Pines National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Pinellas County, northwest of the city of St. Petersburg, Florida. It encompasses 27.3 acres (11.0 ha), and as of the end of 2008, had 27,369 interments.
Battleground National Cemetery: Washington: D.C. NPS 1864 Bay Pines National Cemetery: Bay Pines: Florida: VA 1933 Beaufort National Cemetery: Beaufort: South Carolina: VA 1863 Beverly National Cemetery: Beverly: New Jersey: VA 1864 Biloxi National Cemetery: Biloxi: Mississippi: VA 1934 Black Hills National Cemetery: Sturgis: South Dakota: VA ...
The Bay Pines Site is a historic site in Bay Pines, Florida. It is located on the property of the Veterans' Administration Medical Center in Bay Pines. On February 23, 1983, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places .
Youngs Memorial Cemetery: Oyster Bay: New York: 27 William Howard Taft [35] March 8, 1930: Arlington National Cemetery: Arlington: Virginia: 28 Woodrow Wilson [36] February 3, 1924: Washington National Cathedral: Washington, D.C. 29 Warren G. Harding [37] August 2, 1923 [G] Harding Tomb [Q] Marion: Ohio: 30 Calvin Coolidge [38] January 5, 1933 ...
Map of the boundary stones. The District of Columbia (initially, the Territory of Columbia) was originally specified to be a square 100 square miles (260 km 2) in area, with the axes between the corners of the square running north-south and east-west, The square had its southern corner at the southern tip of Jones Point in Alexandria, Virginia, at the confluence of the Potomac River and ...
Maddox, director of Bay Pines National Cemetery, said that for himself, his staff and his volunteers, every day is like Memorial Day. A crowd of hundreds watched as Maddox gave his speech, most of ...
National Historic Landmarks are normally listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Washington is home to three specifically legislated exceptions to this rule: the White House, the United States Capitol, and the United States Supreme Court Building. All are designated landmarks, but are not on the National Register.
1880's "Soldiers' Home" in Washington D.C. (Roose's companion and guide to Washington and vicinity (1887)) The first national veterans' home in the United States was the United States Naval Home approved in 1811 but not opened until 1834 in the Philadelphia Naval Yard. The Naval Home was moved to Gulfport, Mississippi in 1976. [11]