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The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) is an independent agency of the United States government that administers, operates, and maintains permanent U.S. military cemeteries, memorials and monuments primarily outside the United States. [2] There were 26 cemeteries and 31 memorials, monuments and markers under the care of the ABMC.
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 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]
Soldiers' National Monument; United States Regulars Monument (1909) United States Signal Corps Marker (1919) Vermont State Monument, "Stannard's Vermont Brigade Monument" (1889) Statue of Gen Wells, sculpted by J. Otto Schweizer 1914; Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), 1874; Soldier's Monument, York, Martin Milmore ...
United States monuments Name Image Location/GPS Coordinates Designer Year MN ID Comments United States of America & State monuments: Army of the Potomac Marker Hancock Avenue at The Angle: J. Otto Schweizer, sculptor E. B. Cope, architect 1908 MN 820 Arched granite stele with bronze plaque and shield. Delaware State Monument Taneytown Road
Memorials and monuments at Arlington National Cemetery include 28 major and 142 minor monuments and memorials. Arlington National Cemetery is a United States national cemetery located in Arlington County, Virginia, in the United States. It is managed by the United States Army, rather than the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
The United States Military Academy (USMA) is a federal service academy located at West Point, New York that educates and commissions officers for the United States Army. The Academy was formally founded in 1802 and graduated its first class in October of the same year. It is the oldest of the five American service academies. Due to the academy ...