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Danville National Cemetery was established by the federal government on August 14, 1867 on a plot of 2.6 acres (1.1 ha). This was part of the process to recognize and commemorate the military dead. Almost all of the original interments were Union prisoners-of-war who had been held in the city of Danville.
National Cemetery Administration: Style: The Honorable: Reports to: Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Appointer: The President with Senate advice and consent: Constituting instrument § 1000 of the National Cemeteries Act, Pub. L. 93–43, S. 49, 87 Stat. 75, enacted June 18, 1973, as amended: Precursor: Director of the National Cemetery System ...
The campus also includes the Danville National Cemetery. The buildings remaining on the campus are presently divided between Danville's Veterans Affairs hospital and the Danville Area Community College. [2] The campus was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 30, 1992. [1]
Oct. 15—The Mower County Veterans Memorial board announced Tuesday that a major part of the memorial's renovation has been completed by the general contractor Joseph Company. The next phase of ...
Danville National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Danville, in Vermilion County, Illinois. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs , it encompasses 63.3 acres (25.6 ha), and as of 2014, it had 12,000 interments.
Commissioners approved transferring $270,000 so the Veterans Service Commission can construct a columbarium or cremation wall at Mansfield Cemetery.
At an alternative memorial service, assisted by Selena Fox, of the Circle Sanctuary, a Wiccan congregation, members of Patrick Stewart's Nevada Army National Guard unit and the Rev. Bill Chrystal, retired chaplain from Stewart's unit (Roberta was not allowed to speak at the regular Memorial Day Service at the Veterans Cemetery two miles away ...
Glendale National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located near the city of Richmond, in Henrico County, Virginia. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 2.1 acres (0.85 ha), and as of the end of 2005 had 2,064 interments. It is closed to new interments.