Springfield National Cemetery: Difference between revisions

Established in 1867 as a place to initially inter Civil War [[Union (American Civil War)|Union soldiers]], many of whom died at the [[Battle of Wilson's Creek]].<ref name="nps.gov">{{cite web |title=Springfield National Cemetery  Springfield, Missouri |url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/national_cemeteries/Missouri/Springfield_National_Cemetery.html |website=nps.gov |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |quote=Initially created as a final resting place for Union soldiers who died in battle near Springfield, the cemetery now contains the remains of veterans from other wars, including the Revolutionary War, Spanish–American War, and World War II.  The Springfield National Cemetery also includes a six-acre portion established by the Confederate Cemetery Association in 1871.}}</ref> In 1871 a section for [[Confederate States of America|Confederate soldiers]] was added.<ref name="nps.gov"/> It has since been expanded and opened to all veterans, and now has the interred remains of soldiers from wars dating back to the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]].<ref name="nps.gov"/> The cemetery lends its name to National Avenue in Springfield, which formerly passed by the cemetery prior to the southern expansion of the city decades ago.<ref name="DNR">{{cite web| url =http://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/99001045.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Springfield National Cemetery | accessdate = 2017-01-01| author=Therese T. Sammartino |format = PDF| date=April 1999|publisher=Missouri Department of Natural Resources}} (includes 30 photographs from 1998)</ref>