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A part of the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Association Medical Center, the cemetery was established in 1871 as Soldier Home Cemetery to inter the remains of soldiers who died while under care in the medical center. In 1937, it was renamed Wood Cemetery in honor of General George Wood, a long-time member of the Board of Managers for the center.
On September 24, 2015, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) purchased the six acre property at 4520 Lakewood Road, Cassian, Wisconsin for $24,712. [2]As part of the VA National Cemetery Administration Rural Initiative, the cemetery will provide access to VA burial benefits for veterans residing in areas not previously within reasonable access to a national or state veterans ...
Evergreen Cemetery is a cemetery in Menomonie, Wisconsin and the largest in Dunn County. [2] It was founded as a private cemetery by Knapp Stout and Company , Menomonie's huge lumber company. [ 3 ] There are over 1100 graves in the "single grave" section of the cemetery, [ 4 ] however many lack headstones because the earliest families could not ...
Riverside Cemetery (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) Riverside Cemetery (Withee, Wisconsin) W. Wood National Cemetery; Woodlawn Cemetery (Green Bay, Wisconsin)
Following the Battle of Island Number Ten, about 1400 Confederate soldiers who surrendered there, many from the 1st Regiment Alabama Infantry, were taken at the end of April, 1862, to the Union training field Camp Randall in Madison, Wisconsin, which was found to be unsuitable, [3] resulting in the deaths of 140 prisoners before the remaining survivors were sent to Camp Douglas (Chicago) at ...
Commissioners approved transferring $270,000 so the Veterans Service Commission can construct a columbarium or cremation wall at ... administrator for the Mansfield Cemetery Association Inc., a ...
The Final Salute, an Iowa nonprofit started in 2018 by Hamilton’s Funeral Home director Lanae Strovers, has helped lay to rest and honor 70 unclaimed veterans and spouses.
The Wisconsin Veterans Museum, located on Capitol Square in Madison, Wisconsin, United States, is dedicated to telling the stories of the veterans of the state of Wisconsin. The museum comprises two galleries that chronicle the history of Wisconsin citizens who served in the U.S. military from the American Civil War to the present day.