Fort Meade National Cemetery - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

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First established on September 24, 1878, by the surviving members of George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry, not long after Fort Meade was constructed. It was named for General George Meade. It has been closed to new interments since the end of World War II. Fort Meade National Cemetery was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1973.First established on September 24, 1878, by the surviving members of George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry, not long after Fort Meade was constructed. It was named for General George Meade. It has been closed to new interments since the end of World War II. Fort Meade National Cemetery was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1973.