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Facts on Calverton National Cemetery

Calverton National CemeteryHistory On Dec. 7, 1977, the 36th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor that launched the United States into World War II, a 902-acre tract of land was transferred from the U.S. Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve plant in Calverton to the Veterans Administration for use as a national cemetery. It was the second national cemetery on Long Island, after Long Island National...

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