Wood National Cemetery - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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BruceS
N 43° 01.674 W 087° 58.771
16T E 420197 N 4764378
National cemetery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Waymark Code: WMAP2B
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 02/06/2011
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Originally opened in 1871 was the Soldiers Home Cemetery to serve the adjacent Soldiers Home. The cemetery was renamed in 1937 to honor Gen. George Wood, a longtime member of the Soldiers’ Home’s Board of Managers. The cemetery became a national cemetery in 1973. The cemetery currently has 37,661 interments and is closed to new interments.
The cemetery has a 60-foot Civil War Soldiers and Sailors monument placed in 1903 when the cemetery was part of the Northwest Branch Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. The memorial was sponsored by the Soldiers and Sailors Association.
Date cemetery was established: 1871
Visiting hours:
Open daily from dawn until dusk.
Website pertaining to the cemetery: [Web Link]
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Visit Instructions:
Please submit a photo(s) taken by you of your visit to the location (non-copyrighted photos only). GPS photos are also accepted with the location in the background, and old vacation photos are accepted. If you are not able to provide a photo, then please describe your visit or give a story about the visit.
We would also like to hear about any of your deceased family members who may be laid to rest in the cemetery.