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Tucked into the southeastern bootheel of Missouri, the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield has been uniquely intertwined with a broader history of the American military’s own self-perception and image since it opened in September of 2003.…

Fort Riley Post Cemetery, like many military cemeteries before it, began with the fort that gives it its name. The site began in 1853, with the establishment of the fort in the plains of Kansas as a hub to protect the heavily trafficked westward…

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Historic Missouri

Historic Missouri is a free mobile app that provides users easy access to information about the important places, people, and stories that are unique to Missouri.  Developed by the faculty and students in the History Program at the University of Central Missouri, the mobile application provides  interpretive and curated narrative tours about Missouri’s history. Each point on the map includes historical information about that site and features historic images from Missouri’s archival institutions like the State Historical Society of Missouri and the Missouri State Archives.

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