Histopolis Place-of-the-Day

Histopolis features a different cemetery, town, county or other place every day on the Place-of-The-Day.

Sunday, December 26, 2010

The Histopolis Place-of-the-Day for Sunday, December 26, 2010 is the Florence National Cemetery in Florence, Florence County, South Carolina.

"Florence National Cemetery is located in Florence County in the city of Florence, S.C.

"The land for Florence National Cemetery was appropriated, and later purchased, from the estate of a local resident about a quarter-mile from the POW camp. Original interments were made in two separate burial grounds, one containing 416 remains and the other approximately 2,322 remains. Interments at the larger site were made in 16 trenches; in 1865, this site was designated a national cemetery and the remains from the smaller burial ground were dug up and reinterred there. Remains were also disinterred from the surrounding region of Darlington, Cheraw and the Marion Districts and transferred to Florence National Cemetery. The wooden headboards marking the trench graves were replaced by 2,167 marble “unknown” head blocks measuring 6 x 6 inches square and set approximately six inches apart. In 1955, all but five of these markers were replaced with 32 upright marble headstones at each end of the trenches.

"Florence National Cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1998."

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Note: The first Place-of-the-Day was in September 2010