United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery

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United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery

Headstones at the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, covered in snow
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Established	July 1861 (July 1861)
Location	21 Harewood Rd NW, Washington, D.C. 20011
Country	United States
Coordinates	38°56′40″N 77°00′32″W / 38.94444°N 77.00889°W / 38.94444; -77.00889Coordinates: 38°56′40″N 77°00′32″W / 38.94444°N 77.00889°W / 38.94444; -77.00889
Type	United States National Cemetery
Owned by	United States Department of the Army
Find a Grave	United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery
The Political Graveyard	United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery
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United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, in Washington, D.C., is located next to the Armed Forces Retirement Home. It is one of only two national cemeteries administered by the Department of the Army, the other being Arlington National Cemetery. The national cemetery is adjacent to the historic Rock Creek Cemetery and to the Soldiers' Home.

Notable interments[]

• Thomas Boyne (1849–1896), Buffalo Soldier in the Indian Wars, sergeant, and Medal of Honor recipient
• Benjamin Brown (1859–1910), Buffalo Soldier in the Indian Wars, sergeant, and Medal of Honor recipient
• John Denny (1846–1901), Buffalo Soldier in the Indian Wars, sergeant, and Medal of Honor recipient
• Henry Jackson Hunt (1819–1889), Union army chief of artillery, and artillery general of The Army of the Potomac in the American Civil War
• John C. Kelton (1828–1893), Adjutant Brigadier General of the U.S. Army from 1889 to 1892
• John A. Logan (1826–1886), Union army major general in the American Civil War, 1884 Republican vice presidential nominee, Illinois senator (1853–57), (1871–77), and Illinois representative (1867–71).
• David S. Stanley (1828–1902), Union army major general in the American Civil War and Medal of Honor recipient
• Agnes von Kurowsky (1892–1984), an American nurse during World War I who was the basis for the character "Catherine Barkley" in A Farewell to Arms.

See also[]

• President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home National Monument

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery at Wikimedia Commons
• United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery at Find a Grave
• United States Soldiers and Airmens Home National Cemetery at BillionGraves
• National Park Service. United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery Washington, D.C. Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary: Civil War Era National Cemeteries: Honoring Those Who Served.