Christmas trees, no matter what size, are not considered potted plants and are not permitted.įloral items and/or other types of decorations are not allowed to be attached to grave markers, niche covers or columbarium walls. Potted plants and artificial flowers will be permitted on gravesites only during the period five days before and five days after Christmas Day. Permanent plantings, statues, vigil lights, glass objects of any kind, pin wheels, balloons, wind chimes, stuffed toys and similar items are not permitted. Permanent plantings and commemorative items may not be placed on gravesites. Flower vases will be emptied and placed in the bins after they are cleaned, ready for use when family members arrive. Flowers will stay longer at the gravesites when they are placed on the weekends or beginning of the week. Most family members and visitors place flowers at gravesites on weekends. Friday is the optimal day for the cemetery staff to pick up flowers. Discarding wilted, dried flowers will enhance the cemetery's appearance. Flowers typically wilt after a few days in hot tropical climate inside Punchbowl crater. This practice is widespread throughout the National Cemetery Administration to assist with beautification and maintaining the high standards of appearance for all National Cemeteries. Temporary vases will be emptied, cleaned and placed in the storage bins for easy access. Permanent vases will be emptied and placed inside their holders for the owner's convenience. All flowers will be removed and discarded from the columbaria and inground interment sites. The staff at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific will sweep the cemetery of all flowers every Friday to enhance the cemetery's appearance.

The maintenance of gravesites by visitors (e.g., cutting grass trenching around graves/markers painting markers) is not allowed.įresh cut flowers, floral wreaths, and sprays in metal (not glass) containers may be placed at any time on graves in designated areas or in approved, mounted flower vases in the old columbarium. One pavilion houses an orientation map of the memorial and the other includes two mosaic battle maps depicting the Vietnam War.įor educational materials and additional information on this cemetery, please visit the Education section, located below. The memorial grew in 1980 to include the missing of the Vietnam War, and it expanded further in 2012 with the addition of two new pavilions. The memorial was established by American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) to honor the sacrifices and achievements of American armed forces in the Pacific during World War II and the Korean War. At the top of the stairs is a chapel flanked by galleries containing mosaic maps and descriptions of the achievements of the American armed forces in the central and south Pacific regions and in Korea. Two half courts have been added at the foot of the staircase that contain the names of 2,504 Americans missing from the Vietnam War. These names were listed on the Korean War Courts of the Missing at the time of the dedication in 1966. On either side of the grand stairs leading to the memorial are eight courts of the missing on which are inscribed the names of the 18,095 American World War II missing from the Pacific, excluding those from the southwest Pacific, and 8,210 American missing from the Korean War. The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific is in an extinct volcano near the center of Honolulu, Hawaii.

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