Glendale National Cemetery is a

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located near the city of Richmond, in Henrico County, Virginia. Administered by the

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, it encompasses , and as of the end of 2005 had 2,064 interments. It is closed to new interments.

History

Glendale National Cemetery was established on May 7, 1866, and named after a farmstead that was on the property at the time. The original interments were the remains of

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soldiers who died at the

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and other nearby

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battlefields. Glendale National Cemetery was listed on the

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in 1996.

Notable interments

* Corporal Michael Fleming Folland (1949–1969),

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recipient for action in the

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References

External links

National Cemetery Administration

Glendale National Cemetery
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