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Glenwood Memorial Gardens. Glenwood Memorial Gardens is a 70-acre lawn cemetery in Broomall, Pennsylvania. It was originally established in 1849 as a rural cemetery on 20 acres in North Philadelphia as Glenwood Cemetery. Over 700 Union and Confederate soldiers who died in local hospitals during the American Civil War were buried in Glenwood ...
Creation of national cemeteries. The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial places came during the American Civil War, in an act passed by the U.S. Congress on July 17, 1862. [1] By the end of 1862, 12 national cemeteries had been ...
July 9, 1998. 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. It started as the Jefferson Barracks Military Post ...
Description. Antioch Cemetery. Columbia. 38°59′07″N 92°16′26″W / 38.985352°N 92.273878°W / 38.985352; -92.273878. Church. Antioch Cemetery is located on the north side of Mexico Gravel Road east of the Hinkson Creek bridge. Antioch Church was built here during the summer and fall of 1853.
A remarkable photograph of an American bald eagle perched atop of a veteran's gravestone went viral on Memorial Day, and reminded the nation the true reason for the national holiday.Sunday evening ...
October 2, 2024 at 3:03 PM. Archaeologists have discovered surprising new details about the oldest tombstone in the United States, which dates back nearly 400 years. The 1627 tombstone was set up ...
The World War II Illinois Veterans Memorial was dedicated in December 2004. This memorial honors the 987,000 Illinois men and women who served in World War II and the 22,000 who gave their lives. [10] Its focal point is a white 22-ton concrete globe flanked on two sides by black granite walls.
NCO = Non-Commissioned Officer. OSGT = Ordnance Sergeant. PFC = Private First Class. PVT = Private. PVT 1CL = Private First Class. QM = Quartermaster. QMSGT = Quartermaster Sergeant. SFC = Sergeant First Class. SGM = Sergeant Major.