Quincy National Cemetery

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Quincy National Cemetery
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Location36th & Main Sts.
Quincy, Illinois
Coordinates 39°55′56″N91°21′20″W / 39.93222°N 91.35556°W / 39.93222; -91.35556
Built1861
MPS Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS
NRHP reference No. 11000242
Added to NRHPMay 7, 2011

Quincy National Cemetery is a small United States National Cemetery located in the city of Quincy, in Adams County, Illinois. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses slightly less than a half an acre, and as 2014, had 690 interments. It is currently closed to new interments, and is maintained by Rock Island National Cemetery.

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History

Originally a one-quarter acre plot within Woodland Cemetery, the first burials took place in 1861. [1] It was designated a National Cemetery on July 24, 1882. [1] [2]

In 1899, the Federal Government purchase a 0.45 acre lot within Graceland Cemetery in Adams County, Illinois, and all the interments were transferred there from the soldiers' plot in Woodland Cemetery. [2] Major Martin M. Burke oversaw the removal of the remains. [1]

Quincy National Cemetery is a rectangular parcel surrounded by a black metal picket fence with an entrance on the west side. [2] A circular flagpole plaza is centered in the cemetery. [2] There are 24 rows running north and south. [2]

Sometime between 1936 and 1949, a fence dividing Graceland and the National Cemetery was improperly placed. An act of Congress (Public Law 116) was passed in 1953 to rectify the resulting property dispute. [3] More modern changes to the cemetery have divided it from Graceland so as to be its own cemetery. [2]

The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 7, 2011. [4]

Notable monuments

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Dittmer, Arlis (2021-07-04). "Quincy's National Cemetery". Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Quincy National Cemetery--Civil War Era National Cemeteries: A Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  3. ↑ Quincy National Cemetery
  4. ↑ Administration, National Cemetery. "VA.gov | Veterans Affairs". www.cem.va.gov. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
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