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Fort Douglas Post Cemetery. A cemetery was established in 1862 about a mile south of the original parade grounds. In 1864, the soldiers at the post improved the cemetery significantly. They erected a monument in the center dedicated to the memory of the soldiers killed during the Bear River Massacre. They also constructed a red sandstone wall ...
The victims were buried with full military honors at Fort Douglas Cemetery on July 12. They were dressed in khaki American uniforms, but there were no flags on the caskets because the Flag of Nazi Germany had been banned and there was no new German flag available at that time. Each casket was adorned with two wreaths made from roses, gardenias ...
English: The Fort Douglas Post Cemetery as seen in September 2020. The post cemetery is located in the hills east of Salt Lake City, Utah. This photograph was taken just days before the 2020 Utah windstorm which brought hurricane-force winds to the area, knocking down trees and destroying historic headstones in the cemetery.
Uncooperative prisoners who were a source of trouble at other camps were sent to Fort Douglas. [5] [14] The location now stands as a military museum, and the Fort Douglas Cemetery holds POWs who died while imprisoned: 21 German soldiers, 12 Italian soldiers, and 1 Japanese soldier, amongst the Americans buried there. [15]
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The former director of a veterans cemetery in Pinellas County has been permanently transferred to another location after an investigation into sexual harassment claims from female employees. Doug ...
Taylorsville Memorial Park Cemetery; Union Fort Pioneer Cemetery, 3 km WSW of Cottonwood Heights; Utah Veterans Cemetery and Memorial Park, 5.5 km south of Bluffdale; Valley View Memorial Park, in West Valley City; Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, 8 km SSE of Salt Lake City, in Sugar House; Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park South, 3 km WSW of Riverton
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