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Mexico City National Cemetery
View toward the monument at the Mexico City National Cemetery
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Established1851
Location
Colonia San Rafael, Mexico City
CountryMexico
Coordinates19°26′34″N 99°9′56″W / 19.44278°N 99.16556°W / 19.44278; -99.16556
Owned byAmerican Battle Monuments Commission
No. of graves~1,000
Websitehttps://www.abmc.gov/Mexico-City
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The Mexico City National Cemetery is a cemetery in Mexico City. It was established in 1851 by the United States Congress to gather the American dead of the Mexican–American War who lay in the nearby fields and to provide burial space for Americans who died in the vicinity.

It is first dedicated United States military cemetery abroad and served as a model for later cemeteries.[1]

  1. ^ Dickon, Chris (2011). The Foreign Burial of American War Dead: A History. McFarland. pp. 25–26. ISBN 9780786485017. Retrieved 29 May 2018.

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