Not to be confused with the similarly named Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery nearby, the Leavenworth National Cemetery is also part of the larger Dwight D. Eisenhower Medical Center Historic District, and remains intricately linked with the…

Another Civil War era cemetery, the Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery was founded in 1862 as part of President Lincoln’s National Cemetery System, but the cemetery and its surrounding environs are part of a larger history within Eastern Kansas.…