thumb|200px|Golden Gate National Cemetery, Californie. thumb|200px|Cimetière national d'Arlington, Virginie. thumb|200px|National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Hawaï. thumb|200px|right|Tombes au Fort Logan National Cemetery lors du Memorial Day de 2006. thumb|200px|right|Petits drapeaux au Fort Logan National Cemetery pendant le Memorial Day 2006. Le cimetière a des inscriptions disposées à plat, une pratique largement utilisée dans les parcelles récentes de ce cimetière. thumb|200px|Cimetière national à Memphis, dans le Tennessee. « 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'. 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 VAFort McPherson National Cemetery Maxwell Nebraska VAFort Meade National Cemetery Sturgis Dakota du Sud VAFort Mitchell National Cemetery Fort Mitchell Alabama VAFort Richardson National Cemetery Fort Richardson Alaska VA Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery San Diego Californie VA Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio Texas VAFort Scott National Cemetery Fort Scott Kansas VAFort Sill National Cemetery Elgin Oklahoma VAFort Smith National Cemetery Fort Smith Arkansas VAFort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis Minnesota VA Fredericksburg National Cemetery Fredericksburg Virginie NPSGeorgia National Cemetery comté de Cherokee Géorgie VAGerald B. 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Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery Schuylerville New York VA Gettysburg National Cemetery Gettysburg Pennsylvanie NPSGlendale National Cemetery Richmond Virginie VAGolden 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 VAMobile 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 Department of Veteran's Affairs, National Cemetery Administration Fort Bliss National Cemetery Disgrace Video