Black Hills National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located east of the city of Sturgis in Meade County, South Dakota. It encompasses 105.9 acres, and as of the end of 2005, had 19,147 interments. Gettysburg National Cemetery, Pennsylvania Golden Gate National Cemetery, California Arlington National Cemetery, Virgnia National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Hawaii National Cemetery is a designation for nationally important cemeteries in the United States. ... Sturgis is a city located in Meade County, South Dakota. ... Meade County is a county located in the state of South Dakota. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

The area around the Black Hills Cemetery originally belonged to the Lakota indians. French explorers went through the region in the 1740s, and Spain laid claim to the area in 1762 until it was acquired by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Fort Randall was established in 1856, and the 1861 establishment of Dakota Territory brought more settlers to the region, but it wasn't until gold was discovered in the Black Hills that the area was truly populated. Under the Treaty of Fort Laramie, the United States granted the land of the Black Hills to the Lakota, but there was no stopping the settlers from entering the region, which lead to several conflicts. Most of the original interments in the cemetery were soldiers who fell in battles of the Indian Wars, but it has since been used to inter veterans from every major campaign the United States has been involved in. Eddie Plenty Holes, a Sioux Indian photographed about 1899. ... 1762 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... From Frank Bond, Louisiana and the Louisiana Purchase. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Categories: Stub | South Dakota history ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Dakota Territory was the name of the northernmost part of the Louisiana Purchase of the United States. ... General Name, Symbol, Number gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 6, d Appearance metallic yellow Atomic mass 196. ... This article is about the place in South Dakota. ... Treaty signing by William T. Sherman and the Sioux at Fort Laramie, Wyoming. ... Indian Wars is the name used by historians in the United States to describe a series of conflicts between the United States and Native American peoples (Indians) of North America. ...

Notable interments

• Sergeant Charles Windolph, Medal of Honor recipient for action at the Battle of Little Bighorn during the Indian Wars.
• Senator Francis Higbee Case, World War I veteran, United States House of Representatives for the 75th–81st congresses, United States Senate from 1951 until his death in 1962.

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See also

• United States Department of Veterans Affairs
• United States National Cemetery

The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet department of the United States government responsible for administering programs of veterans benefits for veterans, their families, and survivors. ... A National Cemetery is a designation for nationally important cemeteries in the United States. ...

External links

• National Cemetery Administration
• Black Hills National Cemetery