History
CURRENT PROJECTS
32nd Indiana Infantry (Bloedner) Monument Project
- History and Context of the Bloedner Monument (new)
- Moving and Conservation Slideshow (new)
- Link to the Frazier International History Museum
- Bloedner Monument: Alternatives for New Monument & Exhibit of Original (2009)
- NCA Selects Facility for Long-term Display of Bloedner Monument, Design for New Monument (2009)
- Bloedner Monument to be Preserved, Moved From Cave Hill National Cemetery (2008)
GENERAL
Leadership: Former Directors and Under Secretaries for Memorial Affairs, 1973-2011
Landscapes of Honor & Sacrifice: The History of the National Cemeteries, 2003 — A 30-minute video illustrating the rich history of the national cemeteries
"Memorial Day Order" — Annual recognition originally called Decoration Day, by GAR Commander-in-Chief John A. Logan in 1868
New Gettysburg Address Tablets for National Cemeteries to Honor Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
Publications
"Shrines of the Honored Dead: A Study of the National Cemetery System" — Six articles by Edward Steere that appeared in The Quartermaster Review, in 1953-1954
American Military Cemeteries: A Comprehensive Illustrated Guide to the Hallowed Grounds of the United States, including Cemeteries Overseas, by Dean W. Holt (McFarland & Co., North Carolina) 1992 (out of print)
HISTORIC-RESOURCE INFORMATION
Memorials Inventory Project (MIP) - Final Report, January 2006
Previous MIP Reports, 2001-2005
NCA Memorials - FY07
Alphabetical List
By Cemetery
By State
Headstone-Cleaning Study of Government-Issued Marble Headstones, 2005-2010
History of Government-Furnished Headstones and Markers
Plan of National Cemetery Lodges Designed by General Montgomery Meigs
"Bivouac of the Dead" — The elegiac verse by Theodore O'Hare and its presence in national cemeteries
EDUCATION TOOLS
Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) Lesson Plans
TwHP is a component of the National Register of Historic Places, which helps develop guidance on using places to teach and encourages educators, historians, preservationists and others to work together effectively. Two NCA properties are the subject of TwHP lesson plans.
"A Nation Repays Its Debt: The National Soldiers' Home and Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio" (Dayton National Cemetery)
"Not to Be Forgotten: Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery"
This teaching lesson — Comfortable Camps: Archaeology of the Confederate Guard Camp at the Florence Stockade—is modeled after those associated with the NPS Teaching With Historic Places program. It was developed as part of mitigation associated with NCA's expansion of Florence National Cemetery.
More Lesson Plans about places associated with national cemeteries
NOTE: Page contains links that will take you away from the VA web site.
