Missouri and Kansas National Cemeteries Tour
Tour Description
This tour features brief histories of the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri; Jefferson City National Cemetery in Jefferson City, Missouri; the Springfield National Cemetery in Springfield, Missouri, and the Union Confederate Monument Site in Kansas City, Missouri.
The tour also includes brief histories of the National Cemeteries in Kansas including Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery and Leavenworth National Cemetery located in Leavenworth, Kansas; Mound City Cemetery Soldiers' Lot in Mound City, Kansas; and Fort Scott National Cemetery in Fort Scott, Kansas.
Locations for Tour
Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Despite not being one of the first National Cemeteries, the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery has a long history, stretching back forty years before it was officially recognized by the government in 1866. The Barracks were initially founded in…
Springfield National Cemetery
Nestled in the Ozarks of Southern Missouri, near the city of Springfield itself, lies the Springfield National Cemetery, established by the federal government during the era of Reconstruction in the late 1860s. Officially enshrined in 1867, the…
Jefferson City National Cemetery
Lying in the heart of Missouri’s capital, the Jefferson City National Cemetery has been preserving the memory of soldiers from across the region since 1867. One of the smallest National Cemeteries, the two acre site is located less than a mile from…
Union Confederate Monument Site
In the midst of Kansas City’s Union Cemetery lies a single stone obelisk, memorializing the lives of fifteen men born as Americans, who fought as Confederates, and who died as prisoners. This Union Confederate Monument, as it was titled, was built in…
Leavenworth National Cemetery
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 history…
Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery
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. Like…
Mound City Cemetery Soldiers’ Lot
Like the Union Confederate Monument Site in Kansas City, the Mound City Cemetery Soldiers’ Lot is a smaller part of a larger facility - in this case, the Woodland Cemetery in Mound City, Kansas. Despite that small size, however, there is still a…
Fort Scott National Cemetery
Straddling the eastern border of Kansas, the Fort Scott National Cemetery is one of three veterans cemeteries run by the federal government in the state, as well as being one of the oldest in the entire country. Founded in 1842, nearly twenty years…