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2. United States Department of Veterans Affairs emblems for ...

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   The VA only permits graphics on government-furnished headstones or markers that are approved emblems of belief, the Civil War Union Shield (including those who served in the U.S. military through the Spanish–American War), the Civil War Confederate Southern Cross of Honor, and the Medal of Honor insignia.

3. Mortuary Affairs - Wikipedia

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   A burial detail from the US 42nd division during World War I, July 30, 1918. The Graves registration service was created by General Order #104, issued on August 7, 1917, four months after the United States entered World War I. It consolidated the existing departments into the Graves Registration Service.

4. Miramar National Cemetery - Wikipedia

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   Burial of dependent children is limited to unmarried children under 21 years of age, or under 23 years of age if a full-time student at an approved educational institution. Unmarried adult children who become physically or mentally disabled and incapable of self-support before age 21, or age 23 if a full-time student, also are eligible for burial.

5. Arlington National Cemetery mismanagement controversy

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   Tombstones at Arlington National Cemetery, July 2006. The Arlington National Cemetery mismanagement controversy is an ongoing investigation by the United States Department of Defense into mismanagement, poor record-keeping, and other issues involving the burial and identification of U.S. servicemembers' graves at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

6. Columbia Gardens Cemetery - Wikipedia

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   J. Maynard Magruder (1900–1969), Virginia state delegate; Porter J. McCumber (1858–1933) U.S. Senator from North Dakota; Elizabeth "Lizzie" J. Phillips (née Magie; 1866–1948) was an American game designer and Georgist. She invented The Landlord's Game, the precursor to Monopoly, to illustrate teachings of the progressive era economist ...

7. Burial - Wikipedia

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   After death, a body will decay. Burial is not necessarily a public health requirement. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the World Health Organization advises that only corpses carrying an infectious disease strictly require burial. [11] [12] Human burial practices are the manifestation of the human desire to demonstrate "respect for the dead".