United States Soldiers‘ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery
United States Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery, in Washington, D.C., is located next to the U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home. It is one of only two national cemeteries administered by the Department of the Army, the other being Arlington National Cemetery.Photo: takomabibelot, CC BY 2.0.
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- Type: Cemetery
- Description: military cemetery in Washington, D.C.
- Also known as: “Soldiers‘ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery”, “Soldiers‘ Home National Cemetery”, “U.S. National Cemetery”, “United States Soldiers‘ & Airmen’s Home National Cemetery”, “United States Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery”, “US Soldiers‘ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery”, and “USSAH National Cemetery”
- Historically known as: “Soldiers Home Cemetery”
- Address: 21 Harewood Road Northwest, Washington, DC 20011
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home and Saint Pauls Episcopal Church.
President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home
Museum
Photo: Mvincec, Public domain.
President Lincoln's Cottage is a historic home used by Abraham Lincoln on the grounds of the Soldiers' Home, known today as the Armed Forces Retirement Home, near the Petworth neighborhood in Washington, D.C. In 2000 it was designated a national monument called President Lincoln and Soldiers' Home National Monument. President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home is situated 1,200 feet southwest of United States Soldiers‘ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery.
Saint Pauls Episcopal Church
Church
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Rock Creek Parish, is a historic Episcopal church located on Rock Creek Church Road, NW, in Washington, D.C., United States. Saint Pauls Episcopal Church is situated 1,300 feet northwest of United States Soldiers‘ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery.
Rock Creek Cemetery
Cemetery
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Rock Creek Cemetery is an 86-acre cemetery with a natural and rolling landscape located at Rock Creek Church Road, NW, and Webster Street, NW, off Hawaii Avenue, NE, in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, D.C., across the street from the historic Soldiers' Home and the Soldiers' Home Cemetery. Rock Creek Cemetery is situated 1,700 feet northwest of United States Soldiers‘ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Totten and Petworth.
Fort Totten
Suburb
Fort Totten is a neighborhood located in Ward 5 of Northeast Washington, D.C. Fort Totten is located between Riggs Road N.E. to the north, Bates Rd N.E, Allison Street N.E, and the southern end of Fort Totten Park to the south, the Washington Metro Red Line tracks to the east, and North Capitol Street NW to the west.
Petworth
Neighborhood
Photo: Dclemens1971, CC BY 4.0.
Brookland, Petworth, and Takoma are three relatively quiet neighborhoods east of Rock Creek Park. Following the "White Flight" after desegregation and the 1968 riots, these neighborhoods were left underpopulated, overwhelmingly African-American, and much less wealthy than the Upper Northwest, just across Rock Creek Park.
United States Soldiers‘ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery
- Categories: war cemetery, United States national cemetery, and burial
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.94432° or 38° 56′ 40″ northLongitude
-77.00921° or 77° 0′ 33″ westElevation
292 feet (89 metres)Abbreviation
“USSAH National Cemetery”Open location code
87C4WXVR+P8OpenStreetMap ID
way 43973519OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryGeoNames ID
4140532Wikidata ID
Q7892208
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In Other Languages
From Japanese to Swedish—“United States Soldiers‘ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “兵士及び航空兵国立墓地”
- Swedish: “United States Soldiers‘ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery”
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