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This list of cemeteries in Hawaii includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (informally known as Punchbowl Cemetery) is a national cemetery located at Punchbowl Crater in Honolulu, Hawaii. It serves as a memorial to honor those men and women who served in the United States Armed Forces , and those who have been killed in doing so.
Many post cemeteries have been given national cemetery status as late as 2020, which is considerably later than the original cemetery. For example, Vancouver Barracks post cemetery was established in 1849 and became a national cemetery in 2020—one of 11 cemeteries transferred from the Army to NCA in 2019–2020 per Exec. Order No. 13781, 2017 ...
The Governor's Memorial Day Ceremony at the Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery in Kaneohe will begin at 1 p.m. Monday. Civilians should wear aloha attire, while military attendees are asked to dress ...
The last known Pearl Harbor attack survivor living in Hawaii was laid to rest Thursday alongside his late wife at the Hawaii State Veterans Cemetery in Kaneohe. Sterling Robert Cale was 102 years ...
Events and ceremonies in observance of Veterans Day will be held across Oahu today. The Oahu Veterans Council will sponsor a ceremony at 10 a.m. at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at ...
Fifty years later, Congress authorized a small appropriation to establish a national cemetery in Honolulu with two provisions: that the location be acceptable to the War Department, and that the site would be donated rather than purchased. In 1943, the governor of Hawaii offered the Punchbowl for a national cemetery. The $50,000 appropriation ...
The state’s veteran benefits include free access to state parks for disabled veterans, discounted fishing licenses and burial eligibility in the state veterans cemetery. Virginia