U.S. National Cemetery

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federal designation military cemetery type of cemetery

A U.S. National Cemetery is a federally designated burial ground for members of the armed forces and eligible veterans, maintained by the U.S. government as part of the national system of military cemeteries.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
United States National Cemetery System	8
Cypress Hills National Cemetery	1
National Cemetery System	1
U.S. National Cemetery canonical	1
United States Army cemeteries	1
United States National Cemetery	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal designation ⓘ military cemetery ⓘ type of cemetery ⓘ
administeredUnder	National Cemetery Administration policies ⓘ
burialCostsForEligible	no cost for government headstone or marker ⓘ no cost for gravesite ⓘ no cost for opening and closing of the grave ⓘ no cost for perpetual care ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
distinctFrom	Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ private cemeteries ⓘ state veterans cemeteries ⓘ
eligibilityDeterminedBy	federal law ⓘ
eligibilityIncludes	active duty service members ⓘ certain Reserve and National Guard members ⓘ certain dependent children of eligible service members and veterans ⓘ certain spouses of eligible service members and veterans ⓘ veterans who meet service requirements ⓘ
fundedBy	United States federal budget ⓘ
governedBy	Title 38 of the United States Code ⓘ federal regulations on veterans’ benefits ⓘ
hasFeature	avenues and sections laid out in planned designs ⓘ columbarium niches for cremated remains ⓘ committal shelters for burial services ⓘ flagpoles for display of the United States flag ⓘ memorial sections for remains not recovered or identified ⓘ memorials and monuments honoring military service ⓘ perpetual care of gravesites ⓘ records of interments maintained by federal authorities ⓘ standard government-furnished headstones or markers ⓘ
hasHistoricalRole	burial of U.S. Civil War dead in many early national cemeteries ⓘ commemoration of U.S. military personnel from multiple wars ⓘ
hasLanguageOfRecords	English ⓘ
hasPrimaryFunction	burial of certain eligible family members ⓘ burial of eligible veterans ⓘ burial of members of the armed forces ⓘ
maintainedBy	National Cemetery Administration ⓘ National Park Service ⓘ United States Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ United States Department of the Army ⓘ United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
partOf	U.S. National Cemetery self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: United States National Cemetery System
purpose	honor military service and sacrifice ⓘ preserve national military heritage ⓘ provide burial benefits to eligible veterans ⓘ
regulatedBy	United States Department of Veterans Affairs regulations ⓘ
requires	verification of military service for interment ⓘ
scope	national ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
symbolOf	national recognition of military service ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U.S. National Memorial → isDifferentFrom → U.S. National Cemetery ⓘ

Andrew Johnson National Cemetery → designation → U.S. National Cemetery ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States National Cemetery

Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States → adjacentTo → U.S. National Cemetery ⓘ

subject surface form: Cypress Hills Cemetery

this entity surface form: Cypress Hills National Cemetery

Woodlawn National Cemetery → partOf → U.S. National Cemetery ⓘ