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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]
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
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 ]
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park; G. Georgia National Cemetery; Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery; ... Pikes Peak National Cemetery;
The Washington State Veterans Cemetery opened in 2010 in Medical Lake, near Fairchild Air Force Base in the Spokane area. The other is Tahoma National Cemetery, in the Kent suburb of Seattle.
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 ...
The Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery fell far behind in maintenance last year. NC’s new Military and Veterans secretary says he’ll examine the progress for himself.
Aug. 8—The remains of a World War II airman from Manchester whose plane went down on a 1943 bombing mission in Romania have been identified and will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. A ...