Cemeteries are places of history and memory; a sort of library written in time and space. The poet Robert Frost writes in his poem In a Disused Graveyard, “The graveyard draws the living still…” and it does.  Although the Naval Academy Cemetery is still very much in use, it is a record of the past. 

The cemetery is a Diary of Tears: tears of mourning for lost parents,  children gone from this world too soon, fallen heroes, and fellow classmates. 

The cemetery is a Resume of Accomplishments: of those who served the country and made the greatest sacrifice, those that served, led and raised families, those who trained and supported the young men and women who walked these grounds and those whose lives were tragically cut short.  

The cemetery is a Chronicle of Conflict and Peace: from the American Civil War, The Great War, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, The War on Terror and the moments of tranquility that marked our Nation’s history. 

The cemetery is a Memoir of those entombed on Hospital Point, a memorial of how others have aspired to remember them.

The Cemetery is the Story of the United States Naval Academy and the Midshipmen, Sailors, and Officers who have walked the halls and pathways of the institution and made it what it is today.