Histopolis Place-of-the-Day
Histopolis features a different cemetery, town, county or other place every day on the Place-of-The-Day.
Friday, January 14, 2011
The Histopolis Place-of-the-Day for Friday, January 14, 2011 is the Mountain Home National Cemetery in Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee.
"Mountain Home National Cemetery is located in the northeastern section of Tennessee in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains within the city limits of Johnson City. The cemetery is on the grounds of the Mountain Home Veterans Administration Center."Originally known as the Mountain Home Branch of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteered Soldiers, the facility was the product of sustained efforts by Tennessee Congressman Walter Preston Brownlow. In 1901 Congress approved a bill introduced by Brownlow to establish a national home in the Johnson City area. A designated board of managers chose a 450-acre site and commissioned New York architect J. H.
"Freedlander to design 36 French Renaissance-style buildings. The home opened Oct. 15, 1903. Five years later, special dispensation was granted to permit the interment of Congressman Brownlow in the Mountain Home cemetery. He and his wife occupy the only graves inside Monument Circle.
"The Mountain Home Branch of the National Homes was the ninth, and last, of its kind funded by Congress to care for Union veterans of the Civil War. In 1973, it was transferred to the Veterans Administration and the home cemetery became a national cemetery."
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January 2011
Day | Place |
1 | Hampton VA National Cemetery, Hampton, Hampton City, Virginia |
2 | Sarasota VA National Cemetery, Sarasota County, Florida |
3 | New Bern National Cemetery, Township 8, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina |
4 | Georgia National Cemetery, Cherokee County, Georgia |
5 | Woodlawn National Cemetery, Elmira, Chemung County, New York |
6 | Richmond National Cemetery, Henrico County, Virginia |
7 | Missouri Veterans Cemetery, Springfield, Springfield Township, Greene County, Missouri |
8 | Great Lakes National Cemetery, Holly Township, Oakland County, Michigan |
9 | Fort Sill National Cemetery, Comanche County, Oklahoma |
10 | Seven Pines National Cemetery, Henrico County, Virginia |
11 | National Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania |
12 | National Cemetery, Hot Springs, Fall River County, South Dakota |
13 | Keokuk National Cemetery, Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa |
14 | Mountain Home National Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee |
15 | Fort Richardson National Cemetery, Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality, Alaska |
16 | Bakersfield National Cemetery, Kern County, California |
17 | Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga County, New York |
18 | Fort Smith National Cemetery, Fort Smith, Upper Township, Sebastian County, Arkansas |
19 | Soldiers' Lot, Mound Cemetery, Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin |
20 | San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California |
21 | Nashville National Cemetery, Davidson County, Tennessee |
22 | Government Lots, Congressional Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia |
23 | Annapolis National Cemetery, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland |
24 | Fort Lyon National Cemetery, Bent County, Colorado |
25 | Nachez National Cemetery, Supervisor District 4, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi |
26 | Massachusetts National Cemetery, Barnstable County, Massachusetts |
27 | Lexington National Cemetery, Lexington-Fayette, Fayette County, Kentucky |
28 | Camp Butler National Cemetery, Clear Lake Township, Sangamon County, Illinois |
29 | Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Jackson Township, Will County, Illinois |
30 | National Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee |
31 | Washington Crossing National Cemetery, Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania |
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Note: The first Place-of-the-Day was in September 2010