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National Military Cemetery Webring
The National Military Cemetery Program was begun by President Abraham Lincoln on July 17,1862 when he signed
legislation authorizing the creation of national cemeteries for "...soldiers who shall die in the service of their country."
About the National Military Cemetery Webring
It is the purpose of this webring to identify and link sites documenting the hallowed places which have become
the eternal camp of those men and women who served either the United States of America during any armed conflict, or
the Confederate States of America during the War Between the States, and who now rest "in honored glory".
What is a web ring?
A webring is a group of websites which share a common concept or subject. This ring, for example, links
sites which relate to any cemetery or cemeteries in the National Military Cemetery System of the United States, or any cemetery where combatants of
the American Civil War have found eternal rest.
Who may join the National Military Cemetery Webring
Any site which follows the precept of this site, stated above and which agrees to abide by the guidelines.
This includes entire sites, or single (or groups) of pages within sites, which are dedicated to any national
cemetery of the United States, whether the cemetery is in the United States itself or in a foreign nation.
Subject mattter may include any or all of the following:
- Cemetery history
- Photographs
- Maps
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- Interment lists
- Notable interees
- Tombstone inscriptions
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Of course, these are not the only things the site may contain;
it's a general list of suggestions. HOWEVER, the site must be dedicated
to a location which is the final resting place of members of the United States Armed Forces.
Who decides who gets into the ring?
Simply put, I do. If your site adheres to the precept of the ring and, in my opinion,
meets the following content guidelines, you'll get in.
National Military Cemetery Webring content guidelines
This webring consists of sites which are meant to be informative and educational to persons of all
ages. To that end, the following Member Site guidelines are established.
By submitting your site for inclusion in the National Military Cemetery Webring, and - if your site
is approved for inclusion in the ring - by participating in the ring, you agree that your site will adhere
to these guidelines at all times.
- Member sites must be web sites or web pages with valid URLs. This is not a mailing list, so please don't ask to
join if you do not have a web site which fits the ring's purpose.
- Member sites will at all times respect the fact that the National Military Cemetery System had its beginning during the Civil War,
or War Between the States, and so includes sites which are the final resting place of both Union and Confederate soldiers.
In that all of those soldiers fought and died vallianlty for their causes, member sites WILL NOT
promote the notion that either of these groups of soldiers, or their respective causes, was or is inferior to the other.
Politics are fine, but the purpose of this ring is to document the sites where these men and women rest for eternity;
it is NOT a forum for individual political viewpoints.
- Member sites shall contain no full or partial nudity except as occurs in the statuary of the
documented Cemetery.
- Member sites shall have no references to, or depictions of, alcohol, tobacco, or drugs.
- Member sites shall contain no disparaging or derogatory remarks against any political, ethnic or religious individuls or group.
- Member sites shall not espouse, endorse, promote, repeat, or otherwise invoke the rhetoric, nor display
the symbols or emblems, of any racist, skinhead, or neo-Nazi organization
- Member sites may not be commercial...that is, they may not offer anything for sale.
Apply to Join the National Military Cemetery Webring
Congratulations! If you've made t this far you have determined that your site meets the meager requirements for
membership - that the site be dedicated to a national Military Cemetery of the United States, and that you agree to abide by the member site
content guidelines. All that's left now is to fill out the form below and submit it. Once your site is accepted for inclusion, you will need
to add the HTML segment to your page, have me look it over for correctness, and activate your link in the ring.
Sample ring HTML segment
Cut and paste this code at the bottom of your web page. Change the following items in the code
to customize it for your site:
- Change all occurrences of id=__& to id=nn&
where nn is your site ID.
- Change the mailto:YOUR_EMAIL_ADDY to your e-mail address
- Change YOUR_NAME to - what else? - your name!
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Maintaining your site info
After you get into the ring, you may have occasion to modify your site information -
URL, password, and so on. To do this you will need your SITE ID and PASSWORD,
both of which are sent to you when you join.
To access the webring database and modify your site data, fill in the form below and press
the "Edit Site Information" button:
Graphics for the National Military Cemetery Webring
To get the graphics you'll need for the webring link, simply follow these instructions:
- RIGHT CLICK on the graphics in the image below
- Select SAVE IMAGE AS... from the popup menu
- In the SAVE AS... dialog box that appears, point to the directory in which you wish to
save the graphic.
- DO NOT RENAME THE GRAPHICS!!
- Press the SAVE button.
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