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Cypress Hills National Cemetery

Memorials	:	16
Location	:	Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), USA
Phone	:	(631) 454-4949
Website	:	www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/cypresshills.asp
Coordinate	:	40.6857986, -73.8812027
Description	:	Cypress Hills National Cemetery is the only United States National Cemetery in New York City and has more than 21,100 interments of veterans and civilians. There are 24 Medal of Honor winners buried in the cemetery, including three men who won the award twice. Veterans of every conflict from the American Revolutionary War through the Vietnam War are buried in it. Office Hours: Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed federal holidays except Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Visitation Hours: Open daily from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monuments and Memorials The 12-foot granite French Cross monument was erected in memory of 25... Read More	Cypress Hills National Cemetery is the only United States National Cemetery in New York City and has more than 21,100 interments of veterans and civilians. There are 24 Medal of Honor winners buried in the cemetery, including three men who won the award twice. Veterans of every conflict from the American Revolutionary War through the Vietnam War are buried in it. Office Hours: Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed federal holidays except Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Visitation Hours: Open daily from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monuments and Memorials The 12-foot granite French Cross monument was erected in memory of 25 French sailors who died while on duty in American waters during World War I. Of the sailors who died, 22 are buried in the cemetery and three were returned to France for burial. The granite and bronze Second Division American Expeditionary Forces monument was erected near the cemetery’s rostrum. The Eagle Monument was erected by laborers at Cypress Hill Cemetery about 1934. The stone eagle, with wings spread wide, was placed atop a stone pyramid erected by the Londino Construction Company, Bronx, N.Y., that same year. The Ringgold Monument is a large obelisk that was erected by officers and soldiers who served under the command of Colonel Benjamin Ringgold. The large, granite, British Navy Monument was erected in 1939 in memory of some British Revolutionary War soldiers whose remains were discovered in the 20th century and re-interred at Cypress Hills National Cemetery in 1909. The 1881 Garfield memorial marks the former location of a commemorative oak tree that was planted in honor of President James A. Garfield, after he was assassinated. The James A. Garfield Oak Society, composed mostly of Germans residing in Eastern Brooklyn, sponsored the memorial tree. 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. Coxswain John Cooper (Civil War). He received the Medal of Honor twice, first while serving in the U.S. Navy on board the U.S.S. Brooklyn during the Battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama, August 5, 1864; and second while serving as quartermaster on the staff of Acting Rear Admiral Henry Thatcher for actions during a fire on April 26, 1865. Cooper died in 1891 and is buried in Section 2, Site 5022. Sergeant Major Daniel Joseph Daly (Boxer Rebellion; Haitian Campaign, 1915). He received the Medal of Honor twice, first while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps during the battle of Peking, China, August 14, 1900; and second while serving with the 15th Company at Fort Liberte, Republic of Haiti, October 24, 1915. Daly died in 1937 and is buried in Section 5, Site 70.

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Cypress Hills National Cemetery is located at 625 Jamaica Avenue Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn) ,New York , 11208USA.
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14 memorials
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Latitude: 40.6857986
Longitude: -73.8812027

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