History: NCA History Blog
NCA historians blog about current events, cemeteries, preservation projects, headstones and monuments, Memorial Day, notable persons and much more. Read our latest blog posts or view the list below.
Latest Blog Posts
Emme Richards
Virtual Student Federal Service
Intern, VA History Office
Originally written to honor the Kentucky volunteers who died in the Mexican War (1846–1848), Theodore O'Hara's elegiac poem, "Bivouac of the Dead," now serves as a literary memorial to all lives lost in service to the nation.
USS Bennington Monument and Grave Plot
Richard Hulver, Ph.D.
NCA Historian
The USS Bennington explosion was among the deadliest peacetime accidents in U.S. Navy history and claimed more lives than the Navy had lost in the nation's most recent conflict, the Spanish-American War. A granite monument was established to honor those lost in the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery.
James LaPaglia, APR, CX Fellow
NCA Digital Services Officer
The Veterans Legacy Memorial (the nation's first digital platform dedicated entirely to the memory of nearly 10 million Veterans) invites you to explore the site, pay your respects to the Veterans who served our country, contribute to their legacy if possible, and, in doing so, leave your own mark on one of VA History's 100 Objects.
List of NCA History Blog Posts
| Blog Post | Date |
|---|---|
| NCA Historic Objects: Civil War 6×6 Unknown Grave Markers | August 31, 2023 |
| NCA Historic Objects: Edmund Whitman's 1869 Report on Reburying Union Dead in National Cemeteries | June 15, 2023 |
| NCA Historic Objects: Congressional Cemetery Cenotaphs | May 11, 2023 |
| George Ford – Veteran and National Cemetery Superintendent | April 25, 2023 |
| NCA Historic Objects: Dorothea Dix's Monument to Union Soldiers | March 7, 2023 |
| NCA Historic Objects: Funeral Ceremony for Vietnam Unknown | February 3, 2023 |
| Blog Post | Date |
|---|---|
| Halyburton and Grimsley – Story of U.S.'s first POW in WWI | November 23, 2021 |
| Remembering the USS Indianapolis | November 15, 2021 |
| 1973 – When VA took over the National Cemetery System | November 12, 2021 |
| Exhibit – USCT Substitutes in the Border States, Buried in National Cemeteries | November 12, 2021 |
| John Pitzer and the journey to Loutre Island | November 12, 2021 |
| Lincoln and Grant in Lights: The Grand Army of the Republic's 1887 memorial stained-glass windows | November 1, 2021 |
| NCA Monuments Dedicated on Memorial Day | May 1, 2021 |
| The World's Most Intrepid Airman is a Woman: Remembering Katherine Stinson Otero | March 25, 2021 |
| Contrasting Lives: WWI Black Veterans Everett Johnson and Robert Chase | February 27, 2021 |
| Creating a Formidable Force: Colonel Dan T. Moore | February 26, 2021 |
| Trailblazers, Advocates, and the Anguished: Veteran Profiles of the 349th Field Artillery | February 25, 2021 |
