West Point Cemetery

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historic cemetery military cemetery

West Point Cemetery is a historic military burial ground at the United States Military Academy, serving as the final resting place for many prominent American soldiers and leaders.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
United States Military Academy Post Cemetery	7
West Point Cemetery canonical	6
United States Military Academy Cemetery	2
United States Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York, United States	2
United States Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York	1
West Point Cemetery (reinterred remains)	1
West Point Cemetery, West Point, New York, United States	1
West Point cemetery	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T133780 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: West Point Cemetery
Context triple: [West Point, New York, hasLandmark, West Point Cemetery]

A. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Sleepy Hollow, New York, famed for its association with author Washington Irving and his classic tale "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
B. Monticello cemetery
Monticello cemetery is the historic family burial ground at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello estate near Charlottesville, Virginia, where Jefferson and many of his relatives are interred.
C. Homewood Cemetery
Homewood Cemetery is a historic, landscaped burial ground in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, known as the resting place of many prominent industrialists, politicians, and cultural figures.
D. Princeton Cemetery
Princeton Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Princeton, New Jersey, known as the resting place of numerous prominent American figures, including presidents, scholars, and local dignitaries.
E. Kensico Cemetery
Kensico Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in Valhalla, New York, known as the final resting place of numerous notable figures from the arts, architecture, and entertainment.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: West Point Cemetery
Target entity description: West Point Cemetery is a historic military burial ground at the United States Military Academy, serving as the final resting place for many prominent American soldiers and leaders.

A. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Sleepy Hollow, New York, famed for its association with author Washington Irving and his classic tale "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
B. Monticello cemetery
Monticello cemetery is the historic family burial ground at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello estate near Charlottesville, Virginia, where Jefferson and many of his relatives are interred.
C. Homewood Cemetery
Homewood Cemetery is a historic, landscaped burial ground in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, known as the resting place of many prominent industrialists, politicians, and cultural figures.
D. Princeton Cemetery
Princeton Cemetery is a historic burial ground in Princeton, New Jersey, known as the resting place of numerous prominent American figures, including presidents, scholars, and local dignitaries.
E. Kensico Cemetery
Kensico Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery in Valhalla, New York, known as the final resting place of numerous notable figures from the arts, architecture, and entertainment.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic cemetery ⓘ military cemetery ⓘ
burialPolicy	restricted to eligible USMA graduates, their families, and certain military personnel ⓘ
burialType	columbarium niches ⓘ in-ground graves ⓘ mausoleums ⓘ
commemorates	service and sacrifice of United States Army personnel ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
hasAccess	controlled access through United States Military Academy ⓘ
hasChapel	Old Cadet Chapel ⓘ
hasCoordinateLocation	41.399°N 73.963°W ⓘ
hasMemorial	monument to Civil War dead ⓘ monument to Mexican–American War dead ⓘ monument to War of 1812 dead ⓘ monument to various US wars and campaigns ⓘ
hasPart	Old Cadet Chapel ⓘ monuments and memorials to USMA graduates ⓘ section for Revolutionary War dead reinterred ⓘ
hasUse	military burial ground ⓘ national military shrine ⓘ
hasView	Hudson River ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Register of Historic Places listing ⓘ linked to: National Register of Historic Places
inception	1817 ⓘ
locatedIn	United States Military Academy ⓘ West Point, New York ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	New York (state) ⓘ linked to: New York Orange County, New York ⓘ
locatedOnTerrainFeature	Hudson River plateau at West Point ⓘ
notableBurial	Daniel Butterfield ⓘ Edgar Allan Poe’s foster-son William Henry Leonard Poe (check) ⓘ George Armstrong Custer ⓘ H. Norman Schwarzkopf Sr. ⓘ linked to: Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Sr. John J. Pershing ⓘ Lucius D. Clay ⓘ linked to: General Lucius D. Clay Sylvanus Thayer ⓘ William Westmoreland ⓘ Winfield Scott ⓘ
operatedBy	United States Military Academy ⓘ
ownedBy	United States Army ⓘ
partOf	United States Military Academy historic district ⓘ
primaryBurialPopulation	American military leaders ⓘ United States Army officers ⓘ graduates of the United States Military Academy ⓘ
significance	final resting place for many prominent American soldiers and leaders ⓘ symbol of the history and traditions of the United States Military Academy ⓘ
website	https://westpoint.edu (section on cemetery) ⓘ

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Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Point, New York → hasLandmark → West Point Cemetery ⓘ

Winfield Scott → burialPlace → West Point Cemetery ⓘ

James M. Gavin → burialPlace → United States Military Academy Post Cemetery ⓘ