Histopolis Place-of-the-Day
Histopolis features a different cemetery, town, county or other place every day on the Place-of-The-Day.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
The Histopolis Place-of-the-Day for Saturday, October 9, 2010 is the Houston National Cemetery in Harris County, Texas.
"The Houston Veterans Administration Cemetery was dedicated Dec. 7, 1965. It was the only government cemetery constructed in the United States during the 1960s."The present-day Houston National Cemetery was the largest of its kind at the time of construction. Designed entirely by VA staff, it was also the only new VA cemetery not located on the grounds of a VA hospital. Prior to Houston’s opening, the last VA cemetery established was at Eagle Point VA Medical Center, Ore., in 1952. The largest VA cemeteries at the time were in Los Angeles at 114.47 acres, and Leavenworth, Kan., at 113.15 acres. At 419.2 acres, the Houston facility was slightly smaller than the 450 acres or so of Arlington National Cemetery, to which it was compared.
"Houston became a national cemetery in 1973 after the passage of the National Cemetery Act."
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October 2010
Day | Place |
1 | Whatcom County, Washington |
2 | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia |
3 | Barrancas National Cemetery, Escambia County, Florida |
4 | Calverton National Cemetery, Suffolk County, New York |
5 | Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Denver County, Colorado |
6 | Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo County, California |
7 | Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, East Hanover Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania |
8 | Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California |
9 | Houston National Cemetery, Harris County, Texas |
10 | Alexandria National Cemetery, Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana |
11 | Alton National Cemetery, Alton, Alton Township, Madison County, Illinois |
12 | Balls Bluff National Cemetery, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia |
13 | Baltimore National Cemetery, Baltimore County, Maryland |
14 | Bath National Cemetery, Steuben County, New York |
15 | Beverly National Cemetery, Edgewater Park Township, Burlington County, New Jersey |
16 | Black Hills National Cemetery, Unorganized Territory of Southwest Meade, Meade County, South Dakota |
17 | Cave Hill National Cemetery, Cave Hill Cemetery, Jefferson County, Kentucky |
18 | City Point National Cemetery, Hopewell, Hopewell City, Virginia |
19 | Cold Harbor National Cemetery, Hanover County, Virginia |
20 | Corinth National Cemetery, Corinth, Supervisor District 3, Alcorn County, Mississippi |
21 | Crown Hill National Cemetery, Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Center Township, Marion County, Indiana |
22 | Danville National Cemetery, Danville Township, Vermilion County, Illinois |
23 | Fayetteville National Cemetery, Fayetteville, Fayetteville Township, Washington County, Arkansas |
24 | Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas |
25 | Togus National Cemetery, Chelsea Town, Kennebec County, Maine |
26 | Fort Meade National Cemetery, Unorganized Territory of Southwest Meade, Meade County, South Dakota |
27 | Old Fort Winnebago Cemetery, Fort Winnebago Town, Columbia County, Wisconsin |
28 | Long Island National Cemetery, Suffolk County, New York |
29 | National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona |
30 | Fort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas |
31 | Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Oklahoma |
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Note: The first Place-of-the-Day was in September 2010