Histopolis Place-of-the-Day
Histopolis features a different cemetery, town, county or other place every day on the Place-of-The-Day.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
The Histopolis Place-of-the-Day for Saturday, November 6, 2010 is the Wood National Cemetery in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
"Wood National Cemetery is located on the grounds of a former Soldiers Home that today is called the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wis."From 1867 until 1871, the home buried its soldiers in private cemeteries in the Milwaukee area. In 1871, a cemetery opened on the grounds. Originally known only as Soldiers Home Cemetery, it wasn’t until 1937 the name was changed to honor Gen. George Wood, a longtime member of the Soldiers’ Home’s Board of Managers. It became a national cemetery in 1973."
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November 2010
Day | Place |
1 | Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside County, California |
2 | Quincy National Cemetery, Quincy, Quincy Township, Adams County, Illinois |
3 | Fort Custer National Cemetery, Ross Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan |
4 | Finns Point National Cemetery, Pennsville Township, Salem County, New Jersey |
5 | Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell Precinct, Lincoln County, Nebraska |
6 | Wood National Cemetery, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin |
7 | Mound City National Cemetery, Mound City Precinct, Pulaski County, Illinois |
8 | West Virginia National Cemetery, Taylor County, West Virginia |
9 | Lebanon National Cemetery, Lebanon, Marion County, Kentucky |
10 | Rock Island National Cemetery, Moline Township, Rock Island County, Illinois |
11 | Little Rock National Cemetery, Little Rock, Big Rock Township, Pulaski County, Arkansas |
12 | San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, Merced County, California |
13 | Marion National Cemetery, Marion, Center Township, Grant County, Indiana |
14 | Port Hudson National Cemetery, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana |
15 | Fort Mitchell National Cemetery, Russell County, Alabama |
16 | Mill Springs National Cemetery, Pulaski County, Kentucky |
17 | Springfield National Cemetery, Springfield, Springfield Township, Greene County, Missouri |
18 | Saint Augustine National Cemetery, Saint Augustine, Saint Johns County, Florida |
19 | Confederate Cemetery, Alton, Alton Township, Madison County, Illinois |
20 | Staunton National Cemetery, Staunton, Staunton City, Virginia |
21 | Soldiers' Lot, Woodland Cemetery, Mound City, Mound City Township, Linn County, Kansas |
22 | Soldiers' Lot, Baxter Springs Cemetery, Spring Valley Township, Cherokee County, Kansas |
23 | Puerto Rico National Cemetery, Bayamón, Hato Tejas Barrio, Bayamón Municipio, Puerto Rico |
24 | Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles County, California |
25 | Memphis National Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee |
26 | Grafton National Cemetery, Grafton, Taylor County, West Virginia |
27 | Crown Hill Confederate Plot, Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana |
28 | Soldiers' Lot, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine |
29 | Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso County, Texas |
30 | Congressional Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia |
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Note: The first Place-of-the-Day was in September 2010