Preserving the legacy of Veterans buried in unmarked graves
Preserving the legacy of Veterans who lay in unmarked gravesites happens all across the country. In fact, …
Category: Veterans Legacy Program
Create an online memorial for a loved one on the Veterans Legacy Memorial Website
The Veterans Legacy Memorial website is the nation’s first digital platform dedicated entirely to the …
They Served: The ‘Hello Girls’ of WWI and their sixty-year battle for recognition
The Hello Girls were female telephone operators during WWI. This is their 60-year battle for federal …
WWII75: A tragedy of two B-17s over Berlin
John Clark, Robert James, Willard Johnson, Paul Young. These are the names of four men interred in four …
Cemetery Monuments Embody Service, Sacrifice
There are more than 1,330 monuments in NCA cemeteries. They take many shapes and sizes to honor the service …
May is for Memorial Day … and Mowing
May is the busiest month for NCA as it mows, trims, waters, and fertilize thousands of acres of grass to …
Resuscitating Dayton National Cemetery’s ‘Tunnel of Death’
The team responsible for studying the historic tunnel presented its findings and alternatives to DNCSC and …
Erastus Milo Cravath – Preacher, Educator, Veteran
Erastus Cravath was such a man. Born in 1833 in Homer, New York, to White parents who were ardent …
97 years ago: New government headstone for World War Veterans
On April 26, 1922, a board of officers adopted a new headstone design for all graves except for those of the …
Veterans Legacy Program: 1st Lt. Terence P. Halligan, World War II Navigator Missing in Action
1st Lt. Terence Patrick Halligan served as a navigator aboard a B-26 Marauder during World War II. During …