Billings Mt Family Hotel Sales Black Friday 2019 Veterans
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National Cemetery Administration
Baltimore National Cemetery
Burial area at Baltimore National Cemetery.
HOURS
Office Hours: Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Closed federal holidays except Memorial Day 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Visitation Hours: Open daily from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
BURIAL SPACE
This cemetery has space available for cremated remains. We may be able to accommodate casketed remains in the same gravesite of previously interred family members.
ELIGIBILITY
Burial in a national cemetery is open to all members of the armed forces who have met a minimum active duty service requirement and were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable. A Veteran's spouse, widow or widower, minor dependent children, and under certain conditions, unmarried adult children with disabilities may also be eligible for burial. Eligible spouses and children may be buried even if they predecease the Veteran. Members of the reserve components of the armed forces who die while on active duty or who die while on training duty, or were eligible for retired pay, may also be eligible for burial. For more information visit our eligibility web page.
DIRECTIONS FROM NEAREST AIRPORT
From Baltimore/Washington International Airport, proceed to Interstate 295 North. Exit Interstate 295 to Baltimore Beltway 695 west exit 13 (Frederick Avenue). Travel one mile to cemetery on your right.
SCHEDULE A BURIAL
Fax all discharge documentation to the National Cemetery Scheduling Office at 1-866-900-6417 and follow-up with a phone call to 1-800-535-1117.
For information on scheduled burials in our national cemeteries, please go to the Daily Burial Schedule.
GENERAL INFORMATION
There is a KIOSK located on the side of the administration building to assist you in finding a gravesite. It contains the names of veterans and their eligible dependents buried at Annapolis, Baltimore and Loudon Park National Cemeteries. The KIOSK will generate a printed map with the name of the decedent and their grave location.
Baltimore National Cemetery is the oversight cemetery for four satellite cemeteries — Annapolis and Loudon Park National Cemeteries, Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery in St. Mary's County, and 800 government-owned lots at Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.
Annapolis, Loudon Park and Point Lookout cemeteries date back to the Civil War. Our sites at Congressional Cemetery date back to 1807.
Military Funeral Honors
Military Funeral Honors are organized under the Department of Defense military funeral honor program "Honoring Those Who Served" and should be arranged through the funeral home. In the event there is not a funeral home involved in making arrangements please refer to the telephone numbers listed below or contact your local American Legion or VFW.
Local Numbers for Military Funeral Honors:
US Army / US Air Force - (410) 576-6133 (MD National Guard); (301) 677-2206 (Fort Meade)
US Marine Corps - (866) 826-3628
US Navy - (301) 677-0409 or (202) 433-4589
US Coast Guard - (757) 617-4971 or (757) 686-4032
For educational materials and additional information on this cemetery, please visit the Education section, located below.
FLORAL/GROUNDS POLICY
The placement of floral items on graves other than on the day of interment is subject to the following conditions:
1. Fresh cut flowers may be placed on graves at any time. Temporary flower containers (vases) are available in bins throughout the cemetery.
2. Floral items will be removed from graves as soon as they become faded or unsightly.
3. Artificial flowers may be placed on graves only during the period of October 10 through April 15.
4. Plantings are not permitted on graves at any time. Potted plants will be permitted on graves only during the period 10 days before and 10 days after Easter Sunday and Memorial Day.
5. Christmas wreaths or grave blankets are permitted on graves during the Christmas season and will be removed not later than January 20th of each year. Contact the cemetery staff for the exact date of the post-holiday cleanup. Grave floral blankets may not be larger in size than two by three feet.
6. During the lawn mowing and ground maintenance season (April – November), all floral items will be removed from graves on the 2nd and 4th Friday of the month.
7. Balloons, statues, vigil lights (solar or battery powered), breakable (glass) objects of any nature, spinners, and similar/other commemorative items are not permitted on graves at any time.
8. Floral items and other types of decorations will not be secured to or placed on headstones or markers. Gravesite items cannot be taller than the surrounding headstones and markers.
If there are any questions regarding the floral policy or cleanup schedule please contact the cemetery staff at 410-644-9696.
WEAPONS POLICY
VA regulations 38 CFR 1.218 prohibit the carrying of firearms (either openly or concealed), explosives or other dangerous or deadly weapons while on VA property, except for official purposes, such as military funeral honors. Possession of firearms on any property under the charge and control of VA is prohibited. Offenders may be subject to a fine, removal from the premises, or arrest.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
The site occupied by Baltimore National Cemetery was an estate called Cloud Capped (or Cap), which occupied an elevated location adjacent to Frederick Road as early as 1750. The property was part of the holdings of the Baltimore Company and Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Residents apparently observed the attacking British fleet sailing toward Fort McHenry in 1814, and sent a messenger to warn the city. In 1890, when Blanchard and Susan Randall acquired the estate as a summer home, its 90 acres were studded with mature specimen trees including spreading beech, white pine, Norway spruce, chestnut and walnut. This early 19th century brick dwelling was enlarged and additions were made over the years.
Nearby, the diminutive 5.2-acre Loudon Park National Cemetery was at or approaching capacity, and additional burial space was needed. At the same time that the War Department was assessing 33 possible sites in the Baltimore area as an extension of Loudon Park, it was also seeking acreage in the New York City, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn., and El Paso, Texas, areas for new veterans' cemeteries. Once officials selected the gently rolling tract above Baltimore, Congress approved $100,000 for the project.
Conversion of the Cloud Capped estate to a national shrine was the responsibility of the War Department, with work accomplished under the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a Depression-era make-work program. The WPA undertook work at several national cemeteries during its lifetime in the 1930s and early 1940s. The Baltimore property — envisioned as Maryland's "Little Arlington" — was to accommodate 40,000 to 45,000 interments.
The government took possession of the 72.2-acre Cloud Capped in September 1936 at a cost of $95,000, provided in the Army Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1937. Between 1936 and 1938, nearly $400,000 was expended on WPA improvements to Baltimore National Cemetery. Funds were spent on "surveys, roads, gates, fences, razing old mansion, new lodge, utilities, out-buildings, preparing and monumenting grave-sites, and landscaping." An estimated 100-150 men worked on the project between early 1937 and August 1940.
The old mansion was demolished in 1937, and the superintendent's lodge, a two-story Federal Revival building similar to one wing of Cloud Capped, was constructed largely using salvaged materials, and was nearly completed the same year. The new lodge cost $90,000 including WPA labor. A Tudor Revival cottage, intended for an assistant superintendent, was renovated in 1940. The chapel was completed in 1939-40. The granite entrance gates and iron fence was erected in 1937-39 at a cost of $6,625. The first superintendent, G. B. Alexander, went on duty in March 1937.
The first interment was Dec. 18, 1936, although the cemetery was formally dedicated on Memorial Day, May 30, 1941. The dedication ceremonies were to commence in the city's Lafayette Square, led by African-American veterans of World War I, affiliated with American Legion Post No. 14. Today the cemetery is comprised of 72.2 acres.
Monuments and Memorials
There are seven monuments honoring the six Marine Divisions from World War II in the Memorial Area. These monuments are dedicated to all the members of each of the divisions who served in World War II and to the memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice to this great nation.
NOTABLE PERSONS
Medal of Honor Recipients
The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in action against an enemy force that can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States. Recipients receive the Medal of Honor from the president on behalf of Congress. It was first awarded during the Civil War and eligibility criteria for the Medal of Honor have changed over time.
Recipients buried or memorialized here:
Water Tender Laddie Stupka. He received the Medal of Honor while serving in the U.S. Navy for actions on board the U.S.S. Leydon when the vessel wrecked, January 21, 1903. Stupka's citation was awarded under the name of Loddie. Stupka died in 1946 and is buried in the Distinguished Service Section, Site 1.
Other Burials
Horace Bivins (1866–1960) was born and raised in Accomack County, VA, on his parents' farm. He attended the Hampton Institute and enlisted in the army in 1887, where he served in the 10th Cavalry. Bivins' career as a Buffalo Soldier took him to the Southwest United States, Cuba, Philippines, and ultimately back to the East Coast. He retired briefly in 1913. As a commissioned officer in 1918, he rejoined the army to fight in World War I. Captain Bivins is remembered as one of the authors of the book Under Fire with the 10th Cavalry (1899) and as the army's first Double Distinguished shooter. The army's top marksman won 32 awards, including gold medals in carbine and revolver competitions. He received the silver star retroactively for "conspicuous gallantry" during the Spanish-American War. "Buffalo Bill" Cody reportedly tried to recruit Bivins for his Wild West show because of his shooting skills. Bivins married in 1904 and lived in Billings, MT, until 1949. Thereafter he moved to Philadelphia where his World War II-veteran son lived. Captain Bivins died December 4 and is buried in Baltimore National Cemetery (Section C, Site 753-W).
Hattie Carroll was born in 1911, and while her death made the national news, details of her life as an African-American woman are less recognized. She married James F. Carroll (1912–1987) in the 1930s. In February 1963 Hattie Carroll died after William Zantzinger, a white farmer, hit her with a toy cane. The mother of 11 and church leader worked part time as barmaid, that night at the Emerson Hotel in Baltimore, MD. Zantzinger, a guest at the hotel ball, swore at her and struck her because he did not think she served him quickly enough. He was sentenced to six months in jail on August 28, the same day Civil Rights advocates marched on Washington, D.C., and Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech. Carroll was immortalized by musician Bob Dylan in the folk ballad, "Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll." Dylan's haunting song captured the racism that King sought to end. Carroll is buried with her World War II navy veteran husband in Baltimore National Cemetery (Section K, Site 40).
Robert Cole was born in Vermont in 1920. He joined the U.S. Army Air Corps and completed flight training in December 1944 during World War II. Flight Officer Cole served with the 99th Fighter Squadron until March 1946, and as the war ended he flew with other Tuskegee Airman in airshows throughout the United States. By the late 1940s Cole returned to Vermont where he worked as a shoemaker and flew planes from the Barre-Montpelier airport. The Tuskegee Airmen received the Congressional Gold Medal for their service in 2006. Cole's honor was posthumous. He died August 19, 1968, and is buried in Baltimore National Cemetery (Section H, Site 238).
Emily Noisette (1921–2011) was born in Maryland and lived in Baltimore with her grandmother as a young woman. She was one of 800 or so "women in technicolor" who overcame racial prejudice serving in the Women's Army Corps during World War II. Noisette enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1943 and joined the new "six triple eight" battalion, the only all-female, all-black unit to serve overseas. Abiding to the motto "no mail, low morale," the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion redirected a six-month backlog of mail to troops. The battalion arrived in Scotland in early 1945 and was stationed in Birmingham, England, then Rouen, France. Private First Class Noisette was discharged in December 1945. She married North Carolinian John Milton Cox, Jr., (1924–1957) who lived in Baltimore by 1940; he also served in the army during the war. Noisette Cox is buried alongside her husband in Baltimore National Cemetery (Section N, Site 238).
Deloris L. Ruddock was born September 26, 1923, in Washington, D.C. In 1943 she enlisted in the Women's Army Corps for World War II service. She was eventually assigned to the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (Six Triple Eight), the only female African-American battalion to serve overseas in WWII. They fulfilled their mission to clear a large backlog of mail in the European Theater and raise troop morale. The unit received the Meritorious Unit Commendation in 2019. Ruddock was honorably discharged in 1946 and used her G.I. Bill benefits to attend fashion school in New York City. Unable to find work in that field, she had successful careers in banking and retail sales before retiring in the District of Columbia to be near family and volunteer in her community. Ruddock represented her unit in many ceremonies recognizing them throughout the 2010s. She died March 27, 2021, and was buried in Section E, Site 5333A.
Billings Mt Family Hotel Sales Black Friday 2019 Veterans
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