Grand Army of the Republic Veterans Cemetery -- Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas TX
N 32° 48.058 W 096° 47.929
14S E 706106 N 3631368
A small section of Greenwood Cemetery was purchased for the burial of Union veterans of the US Civil War who were members of the Grand Army of the Republic fraternal organization.
Waymark Code: WMW723
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/18/2017
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Union Veterans of the Civil war got a tombstone paid for by the US Government, and for those who did not have a spot in a family plot, the Grand Army of the Republic, a fraternal organization of Union veterans, provided a burial plot for their members.
The GAR Union Veteran Cemetery is located in a leafy section of Greenwood cemetery, several hundred feet away from the cemetery for Confederate pensioners.
Date cemetery was established: 1874
Visiting hours:
dawn-dusk daily
Website pertaining to the cemetery: [Web Link]
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Visit Instructions:
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