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Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery is an American military cemetery located in St. Louis County, Missouri, just on the banks of the Mississippi River. The cemetery was established after the American Civil War in an attempt to put together a formal network of military cemeteries.
The Jefferson Barracks Military Post is located on the Mississippi River at Lemay, Missouri, south of St. Louis. It was an important and active U.S. Army installation from 1826 through 1946. It is the oldest operating U.S. military installation west of the Mississippi River, and it is now used as a base for the Army and Air National Guard .
John J. Cochran Veterans Hospital is a 355-bed hospital located in St. Louis, Missouri. [1] It is one of two divisions of the VA St. Louis Health Care System (VASTLHCS), a healthcare provider under the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). [2]
In 1827, the United States War Department decided to replace a 22-year-old arsenal, Fort Belle Fontaine (located 15 miles (24 km) north of St. Louis on the bluffs above the Missouri River) with a larger facility to meet the needs of the rapidly growing military forces in the West. Lt. Martin Thomas selected a 37-acre (150,000 m 2) tract of land on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River and ...
– A World War II soldier was laid to rest Friday at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, 80 years after he was killed on D-Day. Army Private William A. Smith, a native of Syracuse, Missouri ...
The dominant feature of the campus is the Barracks, a sprawling Gothic building with fortress-like crenellations. Its oldest surviving portion dates to 1848, and was designed by Alexander Jackson Davis; it is the only structure to survive Union attacks during the American Civil War, and was a major influence in the design of later buildings. [3]
55.2 Sources. 56 Further reading. ... Jefferson Barracks, open to the public; Montana Fort Assinniboine ... McLean, VA: Redoubt Press. ISBN ...
Jefferson City National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Jefferson City, in Cole County, Missouri. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 2 acres (0.81 ha), and as of the end of 2005, had 1,792 interments. It is administered by Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.