Cimetière national des États-Unis
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"Cimetière national des États-Unis" ("United States National Cemetery") est une désignation pour 139 cimetières nationaux importants des États-Unis. Un cimetière national est généralement un cimetière militaire abritant les tombes de militaires américains, de vétérans et de leurs épouses mais pas exclusivement. Il existe également des cimetières d'État de vétérans.
Le plus connu des cimetières nationaux est le cimetière national d'Arlington dans le comté d'Arlington (Virginie, dans la banlieue de Washington D.C.
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.
L'administration des cimetières nationaux (National Cemetery Administration) dépend du Département des États-Unis pour les Affaires des vétérans (United States Department of Veterans Affairs), elle entretient 125 des 139 cimetières nationaux. Le Département de l'Armée en entretient deux, celui d'Arlington et le United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery. Le National Park Service (NPS) entretient 14 cimetières associés avec des sites ou des batailles historiques. En plus, l'American Battle Monuments Commission entretient 24 cimetières américains outre-mer (voir liste ci-dessous).
[modifier] Liste des cimetières nationaux
Cemetery | Ville | État | Entité |
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 | Baton 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 |
[modifier] Source
- (en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu d’une traduction de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « United States National Cemetery ».