[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR12.2]

[Page 172]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
      CHAPTER I--NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 12--NATIONAL CEMETERY REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 12.2  Purpose of National Cemeteries.

    National cemeteries are established as national shrines in tribute 
to the gallant dead who have served in the Armed Forces of the United 
States. Such areas are protected, managed and administered as suitable 
and dignified burial grounds and as significant cultural resources. As 
such, the authorization of activities that take place in national 
cemeteries is limited to those that are consistent with applicable 
legislation and that are compatible with maintaining the solemn 
commemorative and historic character of these areas.