American cemeteries
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American cemeteries are burial grounds in the United States that often reflect distinctive landscape design, cultural traditions, and historical memorial practices.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| American cemeteries canonical | 1 |
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
burial ground
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cemetery type ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| hasCharacteristic |
are influenced by Christian burial traditions
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are subject to state and local cemetery regulations ⓘ in some cases include green burial sections ⓘ include both public and private burial grounds ⓘ include both secular and religious burial grounds ⓘ increasingly accommodate diverse religious and secular practices ⓘ may be designed as lawn-park cemeteries ⓘ may be designed as memorial parks with minimal upright monuments ⓘ may be designed as rural or garden cemeteries ⓘ may be listed on historic registers ⓘ may be operated by municipalities ⓘ may be operated by private companies ⓘ may be operated by religious institutions ⓘ may be operated by the federal government ⓘ may include cremation gardens ⓘ may include elaborate monuments and statues ⓘ may include mausoleums and columbaria ⓘ may include potter’s fields for the indigent or unidentified ⓘ may include religious symbolism on gravestones ⓘ may include water features such as ponds or fountains ⓘ often contain family plots ⓘ often contain military sections or veterans’ graves ⓘ often feature flat markers in lawn cemeteries ⓘ often feature upright headstones ⓘ often have perpetual care or endowment care funds ⓘ often include chapels or ceremonial structures ⓘ often include columbaria for cremated remains ⓘ often include entrance gates and boundary walls or fences ⓘ often include internal roadways for vehicle access ⓘ often include landscaped grounds ⓘ often include memorial sections for specific wars ⓘ often include memorial walls or cenotaphs ⓘ often include sections designated by family or clan ⓘ often include sections designated by fraternal organizations ⓘ often include sections designated by religious affiliation ⓘ often include sections for children’s burials ⓘ often include trees and ornamental plantings ⓘ often include veterans’ sections with standardized markers ⓘ often maintain burial records and plot maps ⓘ often organized with grid-like layouts or curving paths ⓘ often segregated historically by religion, race, or ethnicity ⓘ often serve as green spaces in urban areas ⓘ often serve as historic sites ⓘ often serve as places of public memory ⓘ reflect cultural traditions of the United States ⓘ reflect historical memorial practices ⓘ |
| locatedIn | United States of America ⓘ |
| purpose |
preserve historical and genealogical information
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provide burial places for the dead in the United States ⓘ provide spaces for mourning and remembrance ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
American funeral practices
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United States military cemeteries NERFINISHED ⓘ national cemeteries in the United States ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.