Philadelphia National Cemetery
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Philadelphia National Cemetery
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| Location: | Jct. of Haines St. and Limekiln Rd., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates: | 40°3′35″N 75°9′28″W / 40.05972°N 75.15778°WCoordinates: 40°3′35″N 75°9′28″W / 40.05972°N 75.15778°W |
| Area: | 13.3 acres (54,000 m2) |
| Governing body: | Dept of Veterans Affairs |
| MPS: | Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS |
| NRHP Reference#: | 97000775[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | July 24, 1997 |
The Philadelphia National Cemetery is a cemetery in Pennsylvania north of Germantown managed by the National Cemetery Administration from offices at the Washington Crossing National Cemetery.[3] In addition to a Revolutionary War Memorial, the cemetery has a 1911 Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument and a Mexican-American War Monument for 38 interred veterans.
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[edit] History
Established in 1862 for deceased from nearby hospitals and as 1 of 14 of the original National Cemeteries,[3] the cemetery was increased 13 acres (5.3 ha) in 1885 to reinter soldiers from numerous small plots throughout the region. A federal superintendent had been appointed by 1869 for the "number of burials in seven incorporated cemeteries near the city of Philadelphia."[4] At the end of 2005, Philadelphia National Cemetery had 13,143 interments.[citation needed]
[edit] Notable interments
Notable interments include Hall of Fame catcher Louis Santop, actor Joseph Sweeney, and Medal of Honor recipients Major General Galusha Pennypacker and Seaman Alphonse Girandy.
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- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "The Grand Army: Pennsylvania" (Chronicaling America archive). The National Tribune. October 6, 1887. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016187/1887-10-06/ed-1/seq-6/;words=Cemetery+NATIONAL+cemetery+Philadelphia+Nation+National+rostrum. Retrieved 2011-06-24. "Ellis Post No. 6, has secured permission … to erect a rostrum in the Philadelphia National Cemetery at Germantown, to facilitate the services of the Post in the cemetery."
- ^ a b "Philadelphia National Cemetery". Facility Directory. Cem.VA.gov. http://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/philadelphia.asp. Retrieved 2011-06-24. "This cemetery is administered by Washington Crossing National Cemetery."
- ^ Belknap, Wm. W. (December 31, 1869). Philadelphia… (Report). p. tbd. http://books.google.com/books?id=9IcFAAAAQAAJ&lpg=RA2-PA102&ots=AiP0nLiUqi&dq=Unknown%20%22143%20bodies%22&pg=RA3-PA10#v=onepage&q=evergreen&f=false. Retrieved 2011-06-27. "The number of burials in seven incorporated cemeteries near the city of Philadelphia has caused the department to appoint a superintendent to have them in charge, and the several plats containing the bodies, taken together, are regarded as a national cemetery."
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