Featured Map for 28 May 2012:
Memorial Day: NPS National Cemeteries

Today's Featured Map marks the location of 14 national cemeteries maintained by the National Park Service. Another 131 national cemeteries are maintained by the Department of Veterans Affairs, two are maintained by the Department of the Army, and 24 overseas military cemeteries are maintaed by the American Battle Monuments Commission.

If you are in the United States, or are a U.S. citizen, please pause for a moment at 3 pm local time to reflect on those who died for your country.

References and additional information:

• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs – Cemeteries
• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemeteries
• American Battle Monuments Commission
• National Park Service
  • Andersonville National Historic Site
  • Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
  • Antietam National Cemetery
  • Battleground National Cemetery
  • Colonial National Historical Park
  • Fort Donelson National Battlefield
  • Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefield Memorial National Military Park
  • Gettysburg National Military Park
  • Chalmette National Cemetery – Jean Lafite National Historical Park
  • Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
  • Poplar Grove National Cemetery – Petersburg National Battlefield
  • Shiloh National Military Park
  • Stones River National Battlefield
  • Vicksburg National Military Park
• U.S. Memorial Day
• Memorial Day History
• General Order No. 11
• Public Law 90-363
• 5 U.S.C. § 6103