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handle is hein.crs/crsmthabfwf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: CRS INSIGHT Display of the Confederate Flag at Federal Cemeteries in the United States May 20, 2016 (IN10313) Related Authors Laura B -Comay Scott D. Szvmtnder Laura B. Comay, Analyst in Natural Resources Policy ( Lcmay4r g, 7-6036) Scott D. Szymendera, Analyst in Disability Policy (azymndrcr 7-0014) The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the National Park Service (NPS), and the Department of the Army all administer federal cemeteries that sometimes display the Confederate flag. There are 147 national cemeteries in the United States. The VA, through its National Cemetery Administration (NCA), administers 131 cemeteries. The Army, in the Department of Defense (DOD), administers 2 national cemeteries, Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery. Another 14 national cemeteries are maintained by the NPS, in the Department of the Interior. In addition, the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) operates 25 American military cemeteries in 16 foreign countries. The NPS, the VA, and the Army all have policies concerning the Confederate flag's display. Following the June 17, 2015, shooting deaths of nine people in a historically black church in Charleston, SC, the display of Confederate flags at federal cemeteries came under scrutiny. National Park Service Policy The NPS policy (NPS Director's Order #61 and related reference manual) allows the Confederate flag to be displayed in some national cemeteries on two days of the year. If a state observes a Confederate Memorial Day, NPS cemeteries in the state may permit a sponsoring group to decorate the graves of Confederate veterans with small Confederate flags. Additionally, according to the NPS reference manual (p. 33), such flags may also be displayed on the nationally observed Memorial Day, to accompany the U.S. flag on the graves of Confederate veterans. In both cases, a sponsoring group must provide, place, and remove the flags as soon as possible after the end of the observance, all at no cost to the federal government. At no time may a Confederate flag be flown on an NPS cemetery flagpole. Following the shootings, the NPS asked its concessioners and other partners to voluntarily end sales of items that solely depict a Confederate flag, and also issued a policy memorandum stating that Confederate flags shall not be flown in units of the National Park System or related areas, except where the flags provide historical context. However, the memorandum did not address NPS policies for the display of Confederate flags at national cemeteries.

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