If that is the case, then this is a swipe at the likes of Pt. Lookout here in MD. I was surprised to find it is under the auspices of the Baltimore Nat’l Cem near me, as if it was indeed a VA cem. It is a mass grave of prisoners and it has a monument and flagpoles.
I can appreciate the other general implications, but if it IS a CSA site, then there should be no reason not to allow that. Otherwise, it makes sense to drop CS cems from the VA system.
Funny, down the street from Balto Natl is (besides an older version of itself) a CSA ground within wonderful Loudon Park. No fed connection, but has been well taken care of by SCV and the cem.
There may have been terms in the contracts when cemeteries were transferred to the feds that require these traditions continue. They would supersede this law.
SCV should look into that.
This was an incredibly small and crude thing to do.
Congress made CSA soldiers American veterans around 1901 if I recall, so it makes no sense to drop CSA cemeteries from the VA system if they are in it.