Histopolis Place-of-the-Day
Histopolis features a different cemetery, town, county or other place every day on the Place-of-The-Day.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
The Histopolis Place-of-the-Day for Tuesday, January 11, 2011 is the National Cemetery in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.
"Philadelphia National Cemetery is located in Philadelphia County, Pa., two miles north of Germantown in the city of Philadelphia."Philadelphia National Cemetery was one of 14 national cemeteries established in 1862, and it was one of several established near large troop-recruitment and training areas. In its first year, the cemetery was composed of burial lots in seven different locations that were either donated to or purchased by the federal government. These were intended to be used specifically for soldiers who died in one of the many hospitals in the Philadelphia area. In 1885, the United States purchased a little over 13 acres from Henry J. and Susan B. Freeman to concentrate the scattered remains of soldiers into one geographic location. The remains were disinterred and consolidated at this location, occupied by Philadelphia National Cemetery today.
"Philadelphia National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997."
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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