In America’s National Cemeteries, Timothy B. Spears takes the reader on a grand tour of these singular places of commemoration, the final resting place for more than four million American military personnel who died either in wartime, during their time of service, or after their honorable discharge. His absorbing account—part historical narrative and part travelogue—is enhanced by 180 of his remarkable photographs, which capture the spirit, grandeur, and solemn remembrance to be found in each of the 155 national cemeteries across America and abroad.

Timothy B. Spears is college professor emeritus at Middlebury College. He is author of Spirals: A Family’s Education in Football; Chicago Dreaming: Midwesterners and the City, 1871–1919; and 100 Years on the Road: The Traveling Salesman in American Culture.