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Quincy National Cemetery
Quincy National Cemetery is located in Illinois
Quincy National Cemetery
Location within Illinois
Location36th & Main Sts.
Quincy, Illinois
Coordinates39°55′56″N 91°21′20″W / 39.93222°N 91.35556°W / 39.93222; -91.35556
Built1861
MPSCivil 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.

History

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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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  • Three gun monuments the New York Arsenal.

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Dittmer, Arlis (July 4, 2021). "Quincy's National Cemetery". Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  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. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  3. ↑ Quincy National Cemetery
  4. ↑ Administration, National Cemetery. "VA.gov | Veterans Affairs". www.cem.va.gov. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
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