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The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) maintains many cemeteries specifically devoted to veterans. Most have various rules regarding what must take place in order to be interred there. The VA only permits graphics on Government-furnished headstones or markers that are approved emblems of belief, the Civil War Union Shield (including those who served in the U.S. military through the Spanish American War), the Civil War Confederate Southern Cross of Honor, and the Medal of Honor insignia. Arlington National Cemetery has similar restrictions on headstones, though it is maintained by US Department of the Army. The religious symbols are rendered as simple inscriptions without sculptural relief or coloring other than black. Generally the VA adds a new symbol a few months after receiving a petition from a faith group.〔 However, the Wiccan symbol was only added in 2007 to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of several families by Americans United for the Separation of Church and State in November 2006.〔 The VA added emblem of belief #37 – "WICCA (Pentacle)".〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.au.org/our-work/legal/lawsuits/stewart-v-nicholson )〕 A separate parallel lawsuit was filed on behalf of two Wiccan churches and three families by the American Civil Liberties Union in September 2006, which was resolved by the same settlement. The first interfaith headstone, which includes a Wiccan pentacle for Jan Deanna O'Rourke and a Presbyterian Cross for her husband, was installed at Arlington National Cemetery on May 1, 2007, and dedicated on July 4, 2007. File:Cypress hills 22.jpg|Spanish American War veteran in Cypress Hills National Cemetery File:Cypress hills 23.jpg|Medal of Honor recipient Anton Olsen in Cypress Hills National Cemetery File:fort logan national cemetery 4.jpg|Gravesites at Fort Logan National Cemetery during Memorial Day 2006 ==Headstone and marker symbols== The following emblems and emblem numbers are publicized as available for Government headstones and markers as of November 2015. A process is in place to consider approving additional religious or belief system emblems requested by the families of individuals eligible for these headstones and markers.〔 Each emblem is given its official USVA name and designation, with added additional links for related symbolism ( *) and for related movements (†). File:USVA headstone emb-01.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-02.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-03.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-04.svg| * File:USVA headstone emb-05.svg| *† File:USVA headstone emb-06.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-07.svg| File:Flaming Chalice.svg| * File:USVA headstone emb-09.svg| * File:USVA headstone emb-10.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-11.svg | File:USVA_headstone_emb-12.svg| * File:USVA headstone emb-13.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-14.svg| File:USVA_headstone_emb-15.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-16.svg| *† File:USVA headstone emb-17.svg| File:DevanagariAum.svg| * File:USVA headstone emb-19.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-20.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-21.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-22.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-23.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-24.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-25.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-26.svg| File:USVAMoravianChurch.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-28.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-29.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-30.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-31.svg| File:Happyman.svg| * (American Humanist Association) File:USVA headstone emb-33.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-34.svg| File:Hachiyourenge.svg| File:Khanda.svg| File:Emb-37.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-38.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-39.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-40.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-41.svg| File:USVA headstone emblem Armenian Cross.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-43.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-44.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-45.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-46.svg| File:USVA headstone emb-47.svg| File:USVAMedicineWheel.svg| File:USVAInfinity.svg| * File:USVALutherRose.svg| File:USVALandingEagle.svg| File:USVAFourDirections.svg| File:USVAChurchofNazarene.svg| File:The Hammer of Thor.svg| * File:USVAUnificationChurch.svg| File:USVASandhillCrane.svg| File:Church of God Emblem.svg| File:USVAPomegranate.svg| File:USVAMessianic.svg| * File:USVA emblem 61.svg| * File:Five-pointed star.svg| 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「United States Department of Veterans Affairs emblems for headstones and markers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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