Culpeper National Cemetery - Culpeper, VA
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vhasler
N 38° 28.114 W 077° 59.405
18S E 239130 N 4262042
National veterans cemetery created after US Civil War.
Waymark Code: WME0Q9
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 03/18/2012
Views: 3
Culpeper National Cemetery was created in 1867 to gather the roughly 2,000 scattered Union dead from various small cemeteries located around field hospitals and battlefields. The old section was closed to new burials in 1972. In 1975 more land was obtained, thus the cemetery reopened for new burials. While similar in appearance to Arlington, it is vastly smaller.
Come take a quiet and reflect on their sacrifice...
Street address:
305 U.S. Avenue
Culpeper, VA USA
County / Borough / Parish: Culpeper County
Year listed: 1996
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event
Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Historic function: Funerary
Current function: Funerary
Privately owned?: no
Season start / Season finish: From: 01/01/2012 To: 12/31/2012
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
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