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"If the flags around you don't inspire you for patriotism, check your pulse," Charles McMillan said Monday at Springfield National Cemetery. Hundreds honor the fallen at Memorial Day event at ...
Springfield National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Springfield, in Greene County, Missouri. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs , it encompasses 18.1 acres (7.3 ha), and as of the end of 2005, had 14,685 interments.
This list of cemeteries in Missouri includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Pages in category "Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "Cemeteries in Missouri" ... Old Westport Cemetery; Q. ... This page was last edited on 28 December 2023, ...
This page categorizes burials at Springfield National Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. ... This page was last edited on 31 December 2022, at 19:40 (UTC).
On April 16, 1865, two days after President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, a group of Springfield citizens formed the National Lincoln Monument Association and spearheaded a drive for funds to construct a memorial or tomb. [3] Upon arrival of the funeral train on May 3, Lincoln lay in state in the Illinois State Capitol for one night. [4]
The church was built about 1883, and is a one-story, rectangular frame building on a stone pier foundation. It measures 26 feet, 6 inches, by 40 feet, 6 inches, has a gable front, and is sheathed in clapboard siding. The cemetery contains 196 graves with stones dating from 1883 to the present. [2]: 5