List of cemeteries linked to withdrawn Confederate flag plan
Jul 9, 2015, 1:30 PM
House Republicans on Thursday withdrew a proposal that would have permitted the limited display of the Confederate flag at National Park Service-run cemeteries in states that observe a holiday commemorating the Confederacy, and only at the graves of rebels who died in the Civil War.
A list of the cemeteries that the plan would have affected. States observe Confederate Memorial Day at different times:
Georgia
Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville National Historic Site
Louisiana
Chalmette National Cemetery, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, New Orleans
Mississippi
Vicksburg National Cemetery, Vicksburg National Military Park
Tennessee
Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Andrew Johnson National Historic Site, Greenville
Fort Donelson National Cemetery, Fort Donelson National Battlefield, Dover
Shiloh National Cemetery, Shiloh National Military Park
Stones River National Cemetery, Stones River National Battlefield, Murfreesboro
Virginia
Fredericksburg National Cemetery, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
Poplar Grove National Cemetery, Petersburg National Battlefield
Yorktown National Cemetery, Colonial National Historical Park
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Source: National Park Service
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