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This list of cemeteries in Illinois includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
The bonds paid 3% interest and were redeemed by 1921. [3] The cemetery was officially opened on 30 May 1912 (the Memorial Day). The first burial was a two-year-old child reinterred from the Saint Casimir Cemetery. [4] The cemetery was blessed by Stasys Mickevičius, founder of the Lithuanian National Catholic Church (who is
Originally a one-quarter acre plot within Woodland Cemetery, the first burials took place in 1861. [1] It was designated a National Cemetery on July 24, 1882. [1] [2]In 1899, the Federal Government purchase a 0.45 acre lot within Graceland Cemetery in Adams County, Illinois, and all the interments were transferred there from the soldiers' plot in Woodland Cemetery. [2]
Pages in category "Cemeteries in Illinois" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Many post cemeteries have been given national cemetery status as late as 2020, which is considerably later than the original cemetery. For example, Vancouver Barracks post cemetery was established in 1849 and became a national cemetery in 2020—one of 11 cemeteries transferred from the Army to NCA in 2019–2020 per Exec. Order No. 13781, 2017 ...
Pages in category "Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Dickson Mounds is a Native American settlement site and burial mound complex near Lewistown, Illinois. It is located in Fulton County on a low bluff overlooking the Illinois River. It is a large burial complex containing at least two cemeteries, ten superimposed burial mounds, and a platform mound. The Dickson Mounds site was founded by 800 CE ...
In accordance to new laws, bodies in Mac Dinh Chi were exhumed, cremated and given to remaining family members whenever possible. A park was built on top of the cemetery. [3] Bien Hoa Cemetery – a cemetery for soldiers of Army of Republic of South Vietnam who died during Vietnam War. It is located in Bình Dương Province.