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Sitka National Cemetery

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gave an executive order declaring the site a National Cemetery, and the maintenance responsibility was turned over to the
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There are no sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Kusilvak Census Area.
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There are two cannons that serves as a memorial to all those who are interred at the cemetery.
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Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Sitka, Alaska
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sitka National Cemetery
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Sitka National Cemetery, 803 Sawmill Creek Road, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK
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gold and silver medalist from the 1920, 1924, and 1928 Olympics.
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Sitka
Alaska
United States of America
Coordinates
57°03′18″N 135°19′26″W / 57.0549581°N 135.3238021°W / 57.0549581; -135.3238021
United States National Cemetery
United States Army
Official
Find a Grave
Sitka National Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Sitka National Cemetery is located in Downtown Sitka
Sitka National Cemetery is located in Alaska
Sitka, Alaska
57°03′18″N 135°19′26″W / 57.0549581°N 135.3238021°W / 57.0549581; -135.3238021
12000057
United States National Cemetery
Sitka, Alaska
Fort Richardson National Cemetery
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Jefferson C. Davis
Department of Alaska
Secretary of the Navy
Calvin Coolidge
United States Department of War
historic district
National Register of Historic Places
John Green Brady

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