Cimetière national des États-Unis

« Cimetière national des États-Unis » (United States National Cemetery) est une désignation pour 147 cimetières nationaux importants des États-Unis. L'autorité pour la création de lieux d'inhumation militaires fut instituée pendant la guerre de Sécession, par une loi du Congrès votée le , 14 cimetières nationaux sont alors créés.

Un cimetière national est généralement un cimetière militaire abritant les tombes de militaires américains, d'anciens combattants et de leurs épouses mais pas exclusivement.

Le plus connu des cimetières nationaux est le cimetière national d'Arlington dans le comté d'Arlington (Virginie), situé dans la proche banlieue de Washington.

Certains cimetières nationaux, spécialement celui d'Arlington, abritent les tombes d'importants leaders civils ou d'autres personnalités nationales. Certains cimetières nationaux abritent des soldats confédérés.

En plus des cimetières nationaux, il existe des cimetières d'anciens combattants.

L'administration des cimetières nationaux (National Cemetery Administration) dépend du Département des Anciens combattants des États-Unis (United States Department of Veterans Affairs), elle entretient 131 des 147 cimetières nationaux. Le département de l'Armée en entretient deux, celui d'Arlington et l'United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery (en). Le National Park Service (NPS) entretient 14 cimetières associés à des sites ou des champs de bataille historiques. En plus, l'American Battle Monuments Commission, une agence fédérale indépendante, entretient 24 cimetières américains en dehors des États-Unis (voir liste ci-dessous).

Liste des cimetières nationaux

Cimetière Ville État Code
Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Elwood Illinois VA
Alexandria National Cemetery Pineville Louisiane VA
Alexandria National Cemetery Alexandria Virginie VA
Alton National Cemetery Alton Illinois VA
Andersonville National Cemetery Andersonville Géorgie NPS
Andrew Johnson National Cemetery Greeneville Tennessee NPS
Annapolis National Cemetery Annapolis Maryland VA
Antietam National Cemetery Sharpsburg Maryland NPS
Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Virginie Army
Balls Bluff National Cemetery Leesburg Virginie VA
Baltimore National Cemetery Baltimore Maryland VA
Barrancas National Cemetery Pensacola Floride VA
Bath National Cemetery Bath New York VA
Baton Rouge National Cemetery Bâton-Rouge Louisiane VA
Battleground National Cemetery Washington Washington D.C. NPS
Bay Pines National Cemetery Bay Pines Floride VA
Beaufort National Cemetery Beaufort Caroline du Sud VA
Beverly National Cemetery Beverly New Jersey VA
Biloxi National Cemetery Biloxi Mississippi VA
Black Hills National Cemetery Sturgis Dakota du Sud VA
Calverton National Cemetery Calverton New York VA
Camp Butler National Cemetery Springfield Illinois VA
Camp Nelson National Cemetery Nicholasville Kentucky VA
Cave Hill National Cemetery Louisville Kentucky VA
Chalmette National Cemetery Chalmette Louisiane NPS
Chattanooga National Cemetery Chattanooga Tennessee VA
City Point National Cemetery Hopewell Virginie VA
Cold Harbor National Cemetery Mechanicsville Virginie VA
Corinth National Cemetery Corinth Mississippi VA
Crown Hill National Cemetery Indianapolis Indiana VA
Culpeper National Cemetery Culpeper Virginie VA
Custer National Cemetery Crow Agency Montana NPS
Cypress Hills National Cemetery Brooklyn New York VA
Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery Dallas Texas VA
Danville National Cemetery (Illinois) Danville Illinois VA
Danville National Cemetery (Kentucky) Danville Kentucky VA
Danville National Cemetery (Virginie) Danville Virginie VA
Dayton National Cemetery Dayton Ohio VA
Eagle Point National Cemetery Eagle Point Oregon VA
Fayetteville National Cemetery Fayetteville Arkansas VA
Finn's Point National Cemetery Salem New Jersey VA
Florence National Cemetery Florence Caroline du Sud VA
Florida National Cemetery Bushnell Floride VA
Fort Bayard National Cemetery Bayard Nouveau-Mexique VA
Fort Bliss National Cemetery Fort Bliss Texas VA
Fort Custer National Cemetery Augusta Michigan VA
Fort Donelson National Cemetery Dover Tennessee NPS
Fort Gibson National Cemetery Fort Gibson Oklahoma VA
Fort Harrison National Cemetery Richmond Virginie VA
Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery Fort Leavenworth Kansas VA
Fort Logan National Cemetery Denver Colorado VA
Fort Lyon National Cemetery Las Animas Colorado VA
Fort McPherson National Cemetery Maxwell Nebraska VA
Fort Meade National Cemetery Sturgis Dakota du Sud VA
Fort Mitchell National Cemetery Fort Mitchell Alabama VA
Fort Richardson National Cemetery Fort Richardson Alaska VA
Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery San Diego Californie VA
Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio Texas VA
Fort Scott National Cemetery Fort Scott Kansas VA
Fort Sill National Cemetery Elgin Oklahoma VA
Fort Smith National Cemetery Fort Smith Arkansas VA
Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis Minnesota VA
Fredericksburg National Cemetery Fredericksburg Virginie NPS
Georgia National Cemetery comté de Cherokee Géorgie VA
Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery Schuylerville New York VA
Gettysburg National Cemetery Gettysburg Pennsylvanie NPS
Glendale National Cemetery Richmond Virginie VA
Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno Californie VA
Grafton National Cemetery Grafton Virginie-Occidentale VA
Hampton National Cemetery Hampton Virginie VA
Hampton VA National Cemetery Hampton Virginie VA
Hot Springs National Cemetery Hot Springs (Dakota du Sud) Dakota du Sud VA
Houston National Cemetery Houston Texas VA
Indiantown Gap National Cemetery Annville Pennsylvanie VA
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery St. Louis Missouri VA
Jefferson City National Cemetery Jefferson City Missouri VA
Keokuk National Cemetery Keokuk Iowa VA
Kerrville National Cemetery Kerrville Texas VA
Knoxville National Cemetery Knoxville Tennessee VA
Leavenworth National Cemetery Leavenworth Kansas VA
Lebanon National Cemetery Lebanon Kentucky VA
Lexington National Cemetery Lexington Kentucky VA
Little Rock National Cemetery Little Rock Arkansas VA
Long Island National Cemetery Farmingdale New York VA
Los Angeles National Cemetery Los Angeles Californie VA
Loudon Park National Cemetery Baltimore Maryland VA
Marietta National Cemetery Marietta Géorgie VA
Marion National Cemetery Marion Indiana VA
Massachusetts National Cemetery Bourne Massachusetts VA
Memphis National Cemetery Memphis Tennessee VA
Mill Springs National Cemetery Nancy Kentucky VA
Mobile National Cemetery Mobile Alabama VA
Mound City National Cemetery Mound City Illinois VA
Mountain Home National Cemetery Mountain Home Tennessee VA
Nashville National Cemetery Madison Tennessee VA
Natchez National Cemetery Natchez Mississippi VA
National Cemetery of the Alleghenies Cecil Township Pennsylvanie VA
National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona Phoenix Arizona VA
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific Honolulu Hawaii VA
New Albany National Cemetery New Albany Indiana VA
New Bern National Cemetery New Bern Caroline du Nord VA
Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery Rittman Ohio VA
Philadelphia National Cemetery Philadelphie Pennsylvanie VA
Poplar Grove National Cemetery Petersburg Virginie NPS
Port Hudson National Cemetery Zachary Louisiane VA
Prescott National Cemetery Prescott Arizona VA
Puerto Rico National Cemetery Bayamon Puerto Rico VA
Quantico National Cemetery Triangle Virginie VA
Quincy National Cemetery Quincy Illinois VA
Raleigh National Cemetery Raleigh Caroline du Nord VA
Richmond National Cemetery Richmond Virginie VA
Riverside National Cemetery Riverside Californie VA
Rock Island National Cemetery Rock Island Illinois VA
Roseburg National Cemetery Roseburg Oregon VA
Salisbury National Cemetery Salisbury Caroline du Nord VA
San Antonio National Cemetery San Antonio Texas VA
San Francisco National Cemetery San Francisco Californie VA
San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery Gustine Californie VA
Santa Fe National Cemetery Santa Fe Nouveau-Mexique VA
Seven Pines National Cemetery Sandston Virginie VA
Shiloh National Cemetery Shiloh Tennessee NPS
Sitka National Cemetery Sitka Alaska VA
South Florida National Cemetery Lake Worth Floride VA
Springfield National Cemetery Springfield Missouri VA
St. Augustine National Cemetery St. Augustine Floride VA
Staunton National Cemetery Staunton Virginie VA
Stones River National Cemetery Murfreesboro Tennessee NPS
Tahoma National Cemetery Kent Washington VA
Togus National Cemetery Chelsea Maine VA
U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery Washington D.C. Army
Vicksburg National Cemetery Vicksburg Mississippi NPS
West Virginia National Cemetery Grafton Virginie-Occidentale VA
Willamette National Cemetery Portland Oregon VA
Wilmington National Cemetery Wilmington Caroline du Nord VA
Winchester National Cemetery Winchester Virginie VA
Wood National Cemetery Milwaukee Wisconsin VA
Woodlawn National Cemetery Elmira New York VA
Yorktown National Cemetery Yorktown Virginie NPS
Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Louisville Kentucky VA

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Liens externes

  • Portail de la protection du patrimoine
  • Portail de la mort
  • Portail des forces armées des États-Unis
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