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The National Cemetery Administration lists a total of 73 Civil War-Era National Cemeteries from 1861 to 1868. [ 9 ] Final military honors are provided for qualified Veterans by volunteer veteran or National Guard details known as Memorial Honor Details (MHD), upon application by family members through their choice of mortuary handling the deceased.
Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located on Fort Leavenworth, a United States Army installation north of Leavenworth, Kansas.It was officially established in 1862, but was used as a burial ground as early as 1844, and was one of the twelve original United States National Cemeteries designated by Abraham Lincoln.
Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery: Fort Scott National Cemetery: 1862 21.8 acres (88,000 m 2) Fort Scott: Bourbon: Originally named Presbyterian Graveyard when the land was purchased and maintained by the Presbyterian Church in 1861, the cemetery is the site of about 6,000 interments. It is located on the eastern outskirts of the city of Fort ...
Elmwood Cemetery in Kansas City, Jackson County. Elmwood Cemetery, Kansas City; NRHP-listed; Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery, Kansas City; Lee's Summit Historical Cemetery, Lee's Summit; Union Cemetery, Kansas City; NRHP-listed [1]
Leavenworth National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Leavenworth, Kansas. It occupies 128.8 acres (52.1 ha) of land. As of the end of 2005 it had 30,875 interments. It is sometimes locally referred to as "Old Soldiers' Home".
In 1971, about the time that the area was annexed by the city of Leavenworth, the post office lost the Wadsworth name and became the Veterans Administration Center station of the Leavenworth P.O. The hospital was renamed the Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center and the cemetery became Leavenworth National Cemetery. A new domiciliary was built ...
Mound City National Cemetery: Jct. of IL 37 and US 51: Mound City: Pulaski County: Illinois: October 8, 1997 Quincy National Cemetery: 36th & Main Sts: Quincy: Adams County: Illinois: May 6, 2011 Rock Island National Cemetery: 0.25 mi N of southern tip of Rock Island: Moline: Rock Island County: Illinois: June 13, 1997 Crown Hill National ...
The Seattle facility was planned to be closed by a decision of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget in January 2020, with records moved to California and Kansas City, [13] but the decision was later revised by the Biden administration.