Cypress Hills National Cemetery - Brooklyn NY - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

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"Cypress Hills National Cemetery is a 18.2-acre (7.4 ha) cemetery located in the Cypress Hills neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. It is the only United States National Cemetery in New York City and has more than 21,100 interments of veterans and civilians.

There are 24 Medal of Honor recipients buried in the cemetery, including three men who received the award twice. Although Cypress Hills was established to honor Civil War veterans, its grounds include the graves of soldiers who fought in the American Revolutionary War, Spanish–American War, Korean War and Vietnam War.

Cypress Hills National Cemetery opened in 1862 and gravesites were exhausted in 1954. However, burials of veteran's spouses continue at the rate of approximately ten per year. The two sections of this national cemetery are located approximately one half-mile apart."

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Street address: 625 Jamaica Ave Brooklyn, NY United States 11208 County / Borough / Parish: Kings County Year listed: 1997 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering (Architecture, Military) Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874 Historic function: Funerary Current function: Funerary Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Secondary Website 2: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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