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Mexico City National Cemetery

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Mexico City National Cemetery

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 Unit

ed States military cemetery abroad and served as a model for later cemeteries.

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