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Memorials and Medals
| American Red Cross - Service to the Armed Forces |
Montgomery County Office
2020 East West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910 |
301-588-2515 (V) |
| Under partnership agreements with the Air Force Aid Society, Army Emergency Relief, Coast Guard Mutual Assistance, and Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, the American Red Cross provides quality, reliable financial assistance to eligible applicants. Types of assistance include financial assistance for emergency travel, burial of a loved one, assistance to avoid privation, etc. The Casualty Travel Assistance Program (CTAP) provides travel assistance for two immediate family members to attend a memorial or funeral service for a service member killed on active duty in the combat zone and to travel to the bedside of a service member wounded in the combat zone. |
| Headstones and Markers - U.S. Department of Veterans |
Memorial Programs Service (41A1)
Department of Veterans Affairs
5109 Russell Road
Quantico, VA 22134-3903 |
1-800-455-7143 (Fax) |
| The Department of Veterans Affairs furnishes upon request, at no charge to the applicant, a Government headstone or marker for the unmarked grave of any deceased eligible veteran in any cemetery around the world, regardless of their date of death. For eligible veterans that died on or after Nov. 1, 1990, VA may also provide a headstone or marker for graves that are already marked with a private headstone or marker. When the grave is already marked, applicants will have the option to submit a claim for either a traditional headstone or marker, or a new medallion. When burial or memorialization is in a national, post, or state veterans' cemetery, a headstone or marker will be ordered by the cemetery officials based on inscription information provided by the next of kin. When burial is in a private cemetery, VA Form 40-1330, Application for Standard Government Headstone or Marker, must be submitted by the next of kin or a representative, such as a funeral director, cemetery official or veterans counselor, along with veterans military discharge documents, to request a Government-provided headstone or marker. Applications can be mailed or faxed. |
| Military Funeral Honors - U.S. Department of Defense |
Directorate for Public Inquiry and Analysis
Room 3A750, The Pentagon
Washington, DC 20301-1400 |
| Responsible for providing military funeral honors. "Honoring Those Who Served" is the title of the Department of Defense program for providing dignified military funerals to veterans who have defended our nation. The core elements of the funeral honors ceremony which will be conducted are flag folding, flag presentation, and playing of Taps. To arrange military funeral honors, contact your local funeral home. Questions or comments concerning the program may be sent to the address listed above. |
| Military Homefront- Casualty Assistance Program |
| Casualty Assistance Program covers a wide spectrum of services ranging from supporting severely injured service members who are working to regain a level of normalcy in their lives to assisting family members of deceased, unaccounted for, or missing service members with final arrangements and with understanding and accessing certain benefits and entitlements. |
| Veterans Cemetery Programs - Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs |
Christopher T. Piscitelli, Director
1122 Sunrise Beach Road
Crownsville, MD 21032 |
410-923-6981 (V) |
| Offer Maryland veterans, and their eligible dependents, a final resting place at one of five state veterans' cemeteries located throughout Maryland. A pre-interment program is available through which veterans may indicate their desire to be buried in one of the state's cemeteries and verify their eligibility for such burial on a pre-need basis. The following facilities provide interment services during the normal business week (Monday through Friday) and are open to the public 365 days of the year. |
Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery
Martin Fahey, Superintendent
11301 Crain Highway
Cheltenham, MD 20623
E-mail: redfahey@verizon.net |
301-372-6398 (V) |
Crownsville Veterans Cemetery
Virginia "Pat" Ritter, Cemetery Superintendent
1122 Sunrise Beach Road
Crownsville, MD 21032
E-mail: vp.ritter@verizon.net |
410-987-6320 (V) |
Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery
Bruce W. Webster, Cemetery Superintendent
6827 East New Market Elwood Road
Hurlock, MD 21643
E-mail: brucewebster@amtechpc.com |
410-943-3420 (V) |
Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery
Kenneth McKisset, Cemetery Superintendent
11501 Garrison Forest Road
Owings Mills, MD 21117
E-mail: kenneth.mckisset@va.gov |
410-363-6090 (V) |
Rocky Gap Veterans Cemetery
Ronald Platt, Cemetery Superintendent
14205 Pleasant Valley Road, NE
Flintstone, MD 21530
E-mail: rplatt@dishmail.net |
301-777-2185 (V) |
| Burial Flags - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs |
Baltimore Regional Office
31 Hopkins Plaza
Baltimore, MD 21201 |
1-800-827-1000 (Toll Free) |
| A United States flag is provided, at no cost, to drape a casket or accompany the urn of a deceased veteran who servied honorably in the U.S. Armed Forces. It is furnished to honor the memory of a veteran's military service to his or her country. You must complete VA Form 21-2008, Application for United States Flag for Burial Purposes, when applying for the flag. You may get a flag at any VA Regional Office or U.S. Post Office. Generally, the funeral director will help you obtain the flag. |
| Veterans History Project |
Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20540-4615
E-mail: vohp@loc.gov
College Park Aviation Museum
Chelsea Dorman, VHP Program Coordinator
1985 Col. Frank Scott Drive
College Park, MD 20740
E-mail: aviationmuseum@pgparks.com |
202-707-4916 (V)
1-888-371-5848 (Toll Free)
301-864-6029 (V) |
| Part of the U.S. Library of Congress' American Folklife Center. Collect, preserve, and make accessible the personal accounts of American war veterans so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand the realities of war. In addition, those U.S. citizen civilians who were actively involved in supporting war efforts (such as war industry workers, USO workers, flight instructors, medical volunteers, etc.) are also invited to share their valuable stories. Stories can be told through personal narratives (audio and video-taped interviews, written memoirs), correspondence (letters, postcards, v-mail, personal diaries) and visual materials (photographs, drawings, scrapbooks). The College Park Aviation Museum participates in this nationwide program. |
| Veterans Memorial Program - Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs |
Patrick M. Tracy, Assistant Director
2825 South Hanover Street
Baltimore, MD 21225 |
410-354-3550 (V) |
| Operate, maintain, secure, and preserve veterans memorials and monuments. All are open to the public 365 days a year. |
Korean War Memorial
Canton Water Park
2903 Boston Street
Baltimore, MD 21224 |
Vietnam War Memorial
Middle Branch Park
2825 South Hanover Street
Baltimore, MD 21225 |
War Memorial Building
101 North Gay Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Erected in 1927 to honor Marylanders who died in World War I. |
World War II Memorial
Route 450 at Naval Academy Bridge
1920 Ritchie Highway
Annapolis, MD 21401 |
| Women's Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery |
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington, Virginia 22211
E-mail: hq@womensmemorial.org |
703-533-1155 (V)
1-800-222-2294 (Toll Free) |
| Unique, living memorial honoring all military women - past, present, and future - and is the only major national memorial honoring women who have served in our nation's defense during all eras and in all services. Located at the Ceremonial Entrance to Arlington National Cemetery and is directly across Memorial Bridge from the Lincoln Memorial at the end of Memorial Drive. The Memorial houses an exhibit gallery, Hall of Honor, gift shop, theater, upper terrace, Court of Valor, and a computerized register containing 250,000 women's stories. | Back to top |
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