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  2. United States National Cemetery System - Wikipedia

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    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]

  3. Find a Grave - Wikipedia

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    Find a Grave is a website that allows the public to search and add to an online database of human and pet cemetery records. It is owned by Ancestry.com.Its stated mission is "to help people from all over the world work together to find, record and present final disposition information as a virtual cemetery experience."

  4. Military funerals in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The sounding of Taps is performed by a lone bugler or an audio recording, at a distance 30 to 50 yards from the grave site while a "Final Salute" is given (in specific cases with the United States Military Academy, a muffled drum roll might accompany the bugler). Full honor military funerals include all standard honors in addition to the following:

  5. List of cemeteries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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

  6. Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery - Wikipedia

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    Burial in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery was available for eligible veterans, their spouses and dependents at no cost to the family and includes the gravesite, grave-liner, opening and closing of the grave, a headstone or marker, and perpetual care as part of a national shrine.

  7. Military funeral - Wikipedia

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    A military marching band accompanies the funeral procession as well, traditionally playing the "How glorious is our Lord" (an old Royal anthem from XVIII century) as the body is put on the hearse and the National Anthem of Russia during the salute after the actual burial.

  8. List of burials at Arlington National Cemetery - Wikipedia

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    Claire Lee Chennault (1893–1958), lieutenant general, military aviator who commanded the "Flying Tigers" during World War II; John Clem (1851–1937), major general, aka Johnny Shiloh, arguably the youngest Non-Commissioned Officer ever to serve in the US Armed Forces; was the last living Civil War veteran on active duty at the time of his ...

  9. Georgia National Cemetery - Wikipedia

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    Georgia National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located near the city of Canton, in Cherokee County, Georgia.Managed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 774.9 acres (313.6 ha), and has been undergoing development with the intention of servicing the interment needs of United States military veterans and their families for the next fifty years.