Established 1903 Founded 1903 | Phone +1 423-979-3535 | |
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Type United States National Cemetery Owned by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Similar Knoxville National Cemetery, Memphis National Cemetery, Boone Dam, Blue Ridge Mountains, Chattanooga National Cemetery | ||
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Mountain Home National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located at Mountain Home, within Johnson City in Washington County, Tennessee. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 99.7 acres (40.3 ha), and as of 2014, had over 14,000 interments.
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- Wreaths across america at mountain home national cemetery 12 12 2015
- Mountain home national cemetery
- History
- Notable interments
- References
Mountain home national cemetery
History
On the grounds of the Mountain Home Veterans Administration Center, the cemetery was established in 1903 as part of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, a federal old soldiers' home. The cemetery features over 14,000 graves highlighted by a monument to Congressman Walter Preston Brownlow, who petitioned the government and worked tirelessly to have the veteran's center created. It officially became a National Cemetery in 1973, and has primarily the interments of veterans who died while under care at the facility.