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Alexandria National Cemetery

Alexandria National Cemetery

The cemetery is one of the original 14 national cemeteries established in 1862. The initial cemetery consisted of approximately four acres known as Spring Garden Farm. The first burials were soldiers who died during training or from disease in the numerous hospitals around Alexandria.

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Black Hills National Cemetery

Black Hills National Cemetery

The cemetery was established in 1948 and is located on the verge of the Black Hills. The discovery of gold in the Black Hills in 1874 permanently changed the region. The earliest burials were soldiers who died during the Great Plains wars. The cemetery currently comprises 105.9 acres.

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Fort Meade National Cemetery

Fort Meade National Cemetery

The Quartermaster Corps established the 2-acre cemetery on September 24, 1878, and the first interment was that day. The cemetery closed in 1948 after approximately 200 interments.Fort Meade National Cemetery contains both military headstones and private monuments.

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Hot Springs National Cemetery

Hot Springs National Cemetery

In 1907, the Battle Mountain Sanitarium, a National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, was completed in Hot Springs. A cemetery was established for the interment of veterans who died while residing at the home. This cemetery became Hot Springs National Cemetery in 1973.

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Lakota Freedom Veterans Cemetery

Lakota Freedom Veterans Cemetery
 

The cemetery of the Oglala Sioux Tribe was dedicated in 2014, the second tribal cemetery in the US. The cemetery covers 18 acres on a larger site near Kyle on the Pine Ridge reservation. Lakota men and women have served in the US armed forces since World War I.

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Sicangu Akicita Owicahe Tribal Veterans Cemetery

Sicangu Akicita Owicahe Tribal Veterans Cemetery

The cemetery of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe was dedicated in 2013 and became the first tribal veterans cemetery in the US. The cemetery, comprising 80 acres, is near White River on the Rosebud Sioux reservation. The cemetery is laid out in the shape of a turtle.

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Saint Augustine National Cemetery

Saint Augustine National Cemetery
 

The first recorded interment in the cemetery was in 1828 and most of the early burials were soldiers from the Florida Wars. The pyramids and Dade Monument are from the early 1840s after the conclusion of hostilities. The cemetery became a National Cemetery in 1881.

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