Veteran Cemeteries

National cemetery · U.S. Army

Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery

Washington, District of Columbia

Managed by the U.S. Army, not the VA. The Army sets its own eligibility rules and keeps its own burial records.

Location

Washington, DC

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Visiting

Address
Washington, DC
Visiting hours
Not yet verified — check the official website or call before you travel.
Accessibility
Not yet verified — call the cemetery to ask about parking and paths.

Details are as published by the U.S. Army, checked November 11, 2026. Hours change for holidays, weather and ceremonies.

Planning a visit to a veterans cemetery

Pay your respects

Visitors to veterans’ graves sometimes leave a coin on the headstone to show that someone came. You can leave a symbolic coin here. No money is involved, and nothing about you is published. About the custom, and what each coin is said to mean.

About this cemetery

Reproduced from the U.S. Army’s own description of this cemetery, retrieved November 11, 2026. This is the agency’s text, unedited; it is not independent research by this site.

Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery is one of the country’s oldest national cemeteries. The cemetery’s rolling hills mark the final resting place for more than 14,000 veterans, including those who fought in the Civil War. The cemetery also offers a final resting place for residents of the Armed Forces Retirement Home – Washington.

Sources

  1. U.S. Army, Army National Military Cemeteries. Arlington National Cemetery official website. U.S. government work (public domain). Retrieved November 11, 2026. Used for: name, location and contact details, and the hours and description where shown.
  2. U.S. Army, Army National Military Cemeteries. Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery (official page). Retrieved November 11, 2026.

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