[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR12.3]

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              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. 12.3  Definitions.

    The following definitions apply only to the regulations in this 
part:
    Burial section means a plot of land within a national cemetery 
specifically designated to receive casketed or cremated human remains.
    Close relative means a surviving spouse, parent, adult brother or 
sister, or adult child.
    Commemorative monument means a monument, tablet, structure, or other 
commemorative installation of permanent materials to honor more than one 
veteran.
    Demonstration means a demonstration, picketing, speechmaking, 
marching, holding a vigil or religious service or any other like form of 
conduct that involves the communication or expression of views or 
grievances, whether engaged in by one or more persons, that has the 
intent, effect or likelihood to attract a crowd or onlookers. This term 
does not include casual park use by persons that does not have an intent 
or likelihood to attract a crowd or onlookers.
    Eligible person means an individual authorized by Federal statute 
and VA Policy to be interred or memorialized in a national cemetery.
    Government headstone means a standard upright stone, provided by the 
Veterans Administration, of the same design currently in use in a 
national cemetery to identify the interred remains.
    Gravesite reservation means a written agreement executed between a 
person and the National Park Service to secure a gravesite prior to the 
death of an eligible person.
    Headstone means a permanent stone placed vertically on a grave to 
identify the interred remains.
    Historic enclosure means a permanent fence, wall, hedge, or other 
structure that surrounds the burial sections and defines the unique 
historic boundary of a national cemetery.
    Marker means a permanent device placed horizontally on a grave to 
identify the interred remains.
    Memorial headstone means a private or government headstone placed in 
a memorial section of a national cemetery with the words ``In Memory 
Of'' inscribed to honor a deceased eligible

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person whose remains could not be interred in the national cemetery.
    NPS Policy means the National Park Service's Guidelines for National 
Cemeteries, NPS-61.
    Private headstone means an upright stone provided by a person at no 
expense to the government and in lieu of a government headstone.
    Recreational activity means any form of athletics, sport or other 
leisure pursuit or event, whether organized or spontaneous, that is 
engaged in by one or more persons for the primary purpose of exercise, 
relaxation or enjoyment, including but not limited to the following: 
jogging, racing, skating, skateboarding, ball playing, kite flying, 
model airplane flying, throwing objects through the air, sunbathing, 
bicycling and picknicking. This term does not include walking, hiking or 
casual strolling.
    Special event means a sports event, pageant, celebration, historical 
reenactment, entertainment, exhibition, parade, fair, festival or 
similar activity that is not a demonstration, whether engaged in by one 
or more persons, that has the intent, effect or likelihood to attract a 
crowd or onlookers. This term does not include casual park use by 
persons that does not have an intent or likelihood to attract a crowd or 
onlookers.
    VA Policy means the current editions of the Veterans 
Administration's Manuals that pertain to the administration of the 
National Cemetery System.