United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery

United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery

United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, in Washington, D.C., is located at the military 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 Rock Creek Cemetery.

Notable internments

*Thomas Boyne (died 1896), Buffalo Soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
*Benjamin Brown (died 1910), Buffalo Soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
*John Denny (died 1901), Buffalo Soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
*Henry Jackson Hunt (1819-1889), Union army general in the American Civil War
*John A. Logan (1826–1886), politician and army officer
*David S. Stanley (1828-1902), Union army general and Medal of Honor recipient

ee also

*President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home National Monument


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