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National Cemetery Administration

Carry The Load participants honor and remember Veterans at a national cemetery behind a field of American flags they placed at headstones and markers during Memorial May.

Memorial May 2023

Join a Carry The Load relay to honor Veterans at national cemeteries across the country during the month of May.

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NCA's interactive map enables Veterans to search for their final resting place or for those who want to visit their Veteran interred at any of the 155 VA managed or 121 VA grant-funded cemeteries.

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Veterans Legacy Memorial

VLM contains a memorial page for each of the nearly 4.5 million Veterans interred in VA national cemeteries or VA grant-funded state, territory or tribal Veterans cemeteries. Add tributes with photos, biographies and more.

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Burial benefits available include gravesites, a Government headstone or marker, a burial flag, and a Presidential Memorial Certificate, all at no cost to the family.

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NCA History Blog

NCA historians blog about current events, cemeteries, preservation projects, headstones and monuments, Memorial Day, notable persons and much more.

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George Ford – Veteran and National Cemetery Superintendent
By NCA History Program

In 1878 Maj. George William Ford, who served as a "Buffalo soldier" after the Civil War, also became one of the first Black Veterans appointed as superintendent of a national cemetery.

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Major George Ford while in the military on the left, and later in life after he became superintendent of five national cemeteries. (NCA)

In The News

April 2023:
VA to support cross-country march honoring Veterans, service members during 'Memorial May'
April 24, 2023

March 2023:
VA reaches $1 Billion in grants awarded to states, territories, and Tribes for Veteran cemeteries
March 28, 2023

North Dakota receives grant to expand North Dakota Veterans Cemetery
March 14, 2023

VA acquires land in Albuquerque for new National Cemetery
March 10, 2023

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NCA 2022 Year in Review

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration's look back at 2022.

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COVID-19 Alert

All Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) national cemeteries remain open and continue to provide interment services for Veterans and eligible dependents.

VA national cemeteries have adapted operational procedures throughout the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to prevent the spread of the virus based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance.