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Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
No. Arlington national cemetery is for American Soldiers who died defending their country.
A military cemetery that was built to honor Union soldiers who died there was established at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The very first National Cemetery that was built to honor fallen heroes from all wars was in Arlington, Virginia.
President Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address, at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, dedicating the Soldiers' National Cemetery, a National Cemetery to the soldiers who died during the Gettysburg Battle, in July of 1863.
at various National Cemeteries run by the department of Veterans Affairs, howver mostly at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Memorial_Cemetery_of_the_Pacific http://www.cem.va.gov/cems_nmc.asp
The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial is a World War II cemetery and memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France, that honors American soldiers who died in Europe during World War II.
This was a dedication of the cemetery where soldiers who died in the battle were buried. The country had lost so many men in the war and this was a memorial to honor those who had died.
Lincoln memorialized them in the Gettysburg Address.
National cemeteries in the United States began during the Civil War, in 1862. President Abraham Lincoln signed legislation authorizing the establishment of national cemeteries to bury Union soldiers who had died in battle. The first national cemetery, Arlington National Cemetery, was established on the grounds of Arlington House in Virginia.
It was the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, near Colleville-sur-Mer in northern France. The site honors American soldiers who died in Europe during World War II. Scenes at the cemetery are shown at the beginning and the end of "Saving Private Ryan" (1998).
he was buried, he was cremated. but there is a memorial around the area that he died in...
Memorial day