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The location provides a burial option much closer to the Western New York population centers than the Bath National Cemetery in Steuben County. Prior to the creation of the cemetery, the Western New York area had the largest veterans population without a nearby veterans cemetery. [ 2 ]
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] By the end of 1862, 12 national cemeteries had been established. [2]
North Burial Ground, Providence, oldest cemetery in Providence; Old Burying Ground, Little Compton [2] Old Friends' Burial Ground, Jamestown [2] Precious Blood Cemetery, Woonsocket [2] Prince's Hill Cemetery, Barrington, Rhode Island; Swan Point Cemetery, Providence
Near the town of Belleville is Scott Air Force Base, the largest of the 68 military sites in the state of Illinois. Roughly 46,000 people live on Scott Air Force Base, home of the 375th Air ...
West Point Cemetery is a historic cemetery on the grounds of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York.It overlooks the Hudson River, and served as a burial ground for Continental Army soldiers during the American Revolutionary War, and for early West Point residents prior to its designation as a military cemetery in 1817.
The Lawrence family donated a 295 ft × 100 ft (90 m × 30 m) lot (which included the burial ground) to the new church, retaining burial rights for the Lawrence family. [3] At the same time, the church acquired a 80-by-175-foot (24 m × 53 m) parcel opposite the Lawrence property on the north side of Samuel Street.
American Battle Monuments: A Guide to Military Cemeteries and Monuments Maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission. Detroit, Michigan: Omnigraphics Inc. ISBN 978-1558888128. OCLC 20504222; Hallowed Grounds (2009). PBS video of 11 America's overseas military cemeteries in eight countries.
The cemetery is the final resting place for more than 14,000 veterans, starting with those that fought in the Civil War. [2]Thomas Boyne (1849–1896), Buffalo Soldier in the Indian Wars, sergeant, and Medal of Honor recipient