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	Quincy National Cemetery
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	36th & Main Sts.; Quincy, Illinois
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Built	1861
MPS	Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS
NRHP reference No.	[[[:Template:NRHP Focus]] 11000242]
Added to NRHP	May 7, 2011

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Quincy National Cemetery is a small United States National Cemetery located in the city of Quincy, in Adams County, Illinois. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses slightly less than a half an acre, and as 2014, had 690 interments. It is currently closed to new interments, and is maintained by Rock Island National Cemetery.

History

Originally a one-quarter acre plot within Woodland Cemetery, the first burials took place in 1861.^[1] It was designated a National Cemetery on July 24, 1882.^[1]^[2]

In 1899, the Federal Government purchase a 0.45 acre lot within Graceland Cemetery in Adams County, Illinois, and all the interments were transferred there from the soldiers' plot in Woodland Cemetery.^[2] Major Martin M. Burke oversaw the removal of the remains.^[1]

Quincy National Cemetery is a rectangular parcel surrounded by a black metal picket fence with an entrance on the west side.^[2] A circular flagpole plaza is centered in the cemetery.^[2] There are 24 rows running north and south.^[2]

Sometime between 1936 and 1949, a fence dividing Graceland and the National Cemetery was improperly placed. An act of Congress (Public Law 116) was passed in 1953 to rectify the resulting property dispute.^[3] More modern changes to the cemetery have divided it from Graceland so as to be its own cemetery.^[2]

The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 7, 2011.^[4]

Notable monuments

Three gun monuments the New York Arsenal.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Dittmer, Arlis (2021-07-04). "Quincy's National Cemetery" (in en). https://www.hsqac.org/quincys-national-cemetery.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 "Quincy National Cemetery--Civil War Era National Cemeteries: A Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary". https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/national_cemeteries/illinois/qunicy_national_cemetery.html.
↑ Quincy National Cemetery
↑ Administration, National Cemetery. "VA.gov | Veterans Affairs" (in en). https://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/quincy.asp.

External links

National Cemetery Administration
Quincy National Cemetery
Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) No. IL-5, "Quincy National Cemetery, 36th and Maine Street, Quincy, Adams County, IL", 8 photos, 2 photo caption pages
[[[:Template:GNIS URL]] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quincy National Cemetery]
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[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Dittmer, Arlis (2021-07-04). "Quincy's National Cemetery" (in en). https://www.hsqac.org/quincys-national-cemetery.

[:1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 "Quincy National Cemetery--Civil War Era National Cemeteries: A Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary". https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/national_cemeteries/illinois/qunicy_national_cemetery.html.

[3] Quincy National Cemetery

[4] Administration, National Cemetery. "VA.gov | Veterans Affairs" (in en). https://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/quincy.asp.

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