Leavenworth National Cemetery

by Christopher McKenzie

Title

Leavenworth National Cemetery

Artist

Christopher McKenzie

Medium

Photograph - Digital Photography

Description

Late afternoon January sun descends upon the Leavenworth National Cemetery as the Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center looms on a background hill top.

Leavenworth National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Leavenworth, Kansas. It occupies 128.8 acres of land. As of the end of 2005 it had 30,875 interments and is sometimes locally referred to as "Old Soldiers' Home".

Prior to construction of the medical buildings near the site, the land was part of a Delaware Indian reservation. By 1886 several buildings were completed, and the first interment was made. During the construction of one of the nearby medical buildings, the remains of twelve Native Americans were found. They were re-interred in the cemetery.

This burying ground became part of the national cemetery system in 1930. It is the location of six Medal of Honor recipients, five of them honored for service during the American Civil War, and interments of other notable people.

In 1999 the cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a component of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Medical Center Historic District.

Uploaded

January 3rd, 2016

Statistics

Viewed 408 Times  -  Last Visitor from Mountain View, CA on 04/07/2024 at 1:41 PM

Colors

Embed

Share

Sales Sheet

Tags