Military cemetery

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives tips for finding the burial sites of your veteran ancestors.

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I’ve long been interested in the human face of war. In Austria, a visit to a former Nazi concentration camp many years ago left me both shaken and speechless. In Vietnam, I was led through what used to be the Demilitarized Zone by a Vietnamese war veteran on the back of his motorbike along the Ho Chi Minh Trail under the blazing sun. In just one day, I heard countless stories from a man who lived to tell them, and saw more gravesites — many for civilians — than I had in my lifetime. In…

Jun 6, 2019 - Veterans of every American war from the Revolution to the country's most recent conflicts are buried at Arlington, which was officially declared a military cemetery in 1864. Among the more than...

We get a lot of surprised looks from family members that didn't know that veterans are entitled to burial in a national cemetery. They are also entitled to a granite or marble headstone and a flag!

Arlington National Cemetery. Section 60.

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Sunrise at Arlington National Cemetery

Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday of May, is a day to honor members of the military who were killed in service, both during deployments overseas or in training and service in the U.S. Across the country, Americans spend the day visiting cemeteries, attending Memorial Day events and otherwise honoring those who lost their lives in service to the country.

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Arlington National Cemetery was established on June 15, 1864 - but the first military burial happened more than a month before. Here's the story.

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