union cemetery

plural union cemeteries

1. A cemetery shared by more than one church congregation or municipality, usually to lighten the financial burden (cost per congregation or municipality) and usually nondenominational/nonsectarian.

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   Control and management of a union cemetery may be shifted from a union cemetery board to the combined boards of township trustees and municipal legislative authorities by appropriate action at any joint meeting provided for by R.C. 759.34 or R.C. 759.35; a board of township trustees which participates in the control and management of a union cemetery through joint meetings under R.C. 759.35 may contribute financially to the maintenance and operation of the cemetery.

   1989, Office of the Ohio Attorney General, “Part 1989-058”, in Ohio Attorney General Opinions Archive (1846-1992), volume 1989, retrieved 10 Mar 2021, page 2-244

2. When capitalized as "Union Cemetery"An instance of such a cemetery, as for example Union Cemetery in Redwood City, California or Union Cemetery in Easton, Connecticut.
3. USwhen capitalized as "Union cemetery"A cemetery principally for the interment of Union soldiers in the American Civil War.

   The house [Arlington House] became the headquarters of the Union Army. The cemetery was created in 1864 by Union Quartermaster Gen. Montgomery Meigs. Although born in Georgia, Meigs considered Lee a traitor and vowed to punish him by turning his beloved home into a Union cemetery.

   2003 May 25, Randy Kraft, “Arlington held significance for Washington kin, Robert E. Lee”, in The Morning Call, retrieved 10 Mar 2021