United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery

Tombstones at the United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery

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 (1853–1857), (1871–1877), and Illinois representative (1867–1871).
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.

External links

"Find A Grave - US Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery". Retrieved May 21, 2011.
"United States Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery Washington, D.C.". Retrieved March 20, 2012.

Protected areas of the District of Columbia

Federal

National Cemeteries	Battleground Soldiers' and Airmen's Home

National Historical Parks	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

National Historic Sites	Carter G. Woodson Home Ford's Theatre Frederick Douglass Mary McLeod Bethune Council House Pennsylvania Avenue Sewall-Belmont House (affiliated area)

National Memorials	Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Korean War Veterans Memorial Lincoln Memorial Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac Theodore Roosevelt Island Thomas Jefferson Memorial Vietnam Veterans Memorial Washington Monument World War II Memorial

National Monuments	President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home

National Parkways	Baltimore–Washington Parkway Clara Barton Parkway Oxon Run Parkway Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway

National Trails	Potomac Heritage Star-Spangled Banner

National Mall and Memorial Parks	African American Civil War Memorial Constitution Gardens East Potomac Park Ford's Theatre National Historic Site Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial George Mason Memorial Hains Point Thomas Jefferson Memorial John Ericsson National Memorial Korean War Veterans Memorial Lincoln Memorial National Mall Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site Old Post Office Pavilion United States Navy Memorial Vietnam Veterans Memorial Washington Monument West Potomac Park World War II Memorial

President's Park	The Ellipse Lafayette Park White House

National Capital Parks-East	Anacostia Park Capitol Hill Parks Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Site Civil War Defenses of Washington - Fort Circle Parks Fort Dupont Park Fort Stanton Frederick Douglass National Historic Site Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site Oxon Run Parkway Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site Shepherd Parkway

Rock Creek Park	Rock Creek Park Dumbarton Oaks Park Glover-Archbold Park Georgetown Waterfront Park Meridian Hill Park Montrose Park Old Stone House Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway

Other areas	National Capital Parks Navy Memorial

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United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery