Ads
related to: nashville national cemetery burials
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Nashville National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Madison, a suburb of Nashville, in Davidson County, Tennessee. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs , it encompasses 64.5 acres (26.1 ha), and as of the end of 2005, had over 34,000 interments.
Pages in category "Cemeteries in Nashville, Tennessee" ... Nashville National Cemetery; S. Spring Hill Cemetery (Nashville, Tennessee) T. Temple Cemetery; W.
Entries marked ‡ are cemeteries with notable monuments or burials. Monument and graves of the Civil War Medal of Honor recipients at Chattanooga National Cemetery Union Army monument at Knoxville National Cemetery in Knoxville, Tennessee
Nashville National Cemetery: Nashville National Cemetery. December 20, 1996 : 1420 Gallatin Rd., S Nashville: 126: Nashville Union Station and Trainshed ...
National Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee Creation of national cemeteries The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 military cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial places came during the American Civil War , in an act passed by the U.S. Congress on July 17, 1862. [ 1 ]
Nashville City Cemetery was opened on January 1, 1822. By 1850, over 11,000 people were buried there. In 1958, Nashville Mayor Ben West led an effort to restore and preserve the cemetery. In 1972, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places due to its historical and architectural significance.