---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 553.32"
title: "32"
number: "553.32"
heading: "Conduct of memorial services and ceremonies."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/553.32"
---

# §553.32. Conduct of memorial services and ceremonies.

- (a) The Executive Director shall ensure the sanctity of public and private memorial and ceremonial events.
- (b) All memorial services and ceremonies within Army National Military Cemeteries, other than official ceremonies, shall be purely memorial in purpose and may be dedicated only to:
  - (1) The memory of all those interred, inurned, or memorialized in Army National Military Cemeteries;
  - (2) The memory of all those who died in the military service of the United States while serving during a particular conflict or while serving in a particular military unit or units; or
  - (3) The memory of the individual or individuals to be interred, inurned, or memorialized at the particular site at which the service or ceremony is held.
- (c) Memorial services and ceremonies at Army National Military Cemeteries will not include partisan political activities.
- (d) Private memorial services may be closed to the media and public as determined by the decedent's primary next of kin.
- (e) Public memorial services and public wreath-laying ceremonies shall be open to all members of the public to observe.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 10 U.S.C. 985, 1128, 1481, 1482, 3013, 4721-4726; 24 U.S.C. 295a, 412; 38 U.S.C. 2402 note, 2409-2411, 2413; 40 U.S.C. 9102; and Pub. L. 93-43, 87 Stat. 75.

### Source

Source: 81 FR 65877, Sept. 26, 2016, unless otherwise noted.