Little Rock National Cemetery
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History
The area around Little Rock National Cemetery was once a Union encampment. The cemetery itself was a plot within the Little Rock City Cemetery, purchased by the federal government in 1866 and was used to inter Union soldiers who died anywhere in Arkansas. It was officially declared a National Cemetery on April 9, 1868 at which time Script error: No such module "convert". were added.
In 1884, an Script error: No such module "convert". Confederate cemetery was established immediately adjacent to the National Cemetery. In 1938, the two cemeteries were combined, though the Union and Confederate burials continued to be in separate sections.
In 1990, additional land was purchased from the nearby Oakland-Fraternal Cemetery, and in November 1999 the city of Little Rock donated Script error: No such module "convert"., bringing the cemetery to its current size.
Little Rock National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
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Memorial to 640 Confederate soldiers buried nearby
Noteworthy monuments
- The Confederate Memorial, erected in 1884.[1]
- The Minnesota Monument, a granite and bronze monument erected in 1916.
Notable interments
- Lieutenant Maurice Britt (1919–1995), Medal of Honor recipient for action in World War II, Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas[2]
- Sergeant Simon A. Haley (1892–1973), professor of agriculture and father of author Alex Haley[2]
- Dick Hogan (1917–1995), actor
- Earl Sutton Smith (1897–1963), Major League Baseball player[3]
- Captain John H. Yancey (1918–1986), decorated United States Marine of World War II and the Korean War
See also
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- National Register of Historic Places listings in Little Rock, Arkansas
- List of cemeteries in Arkansas
References
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- Cemeteries in Little Rock, Arkansas
- Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
- Historic American Landscapes Survey in Arkansas
- National Register of Historic Places in Little Rock, Arkansas
- Protected areas of Pulaski County, Arkansas
- Tourist attractions in Little Rock, Arkansas
- United States national cemeteries
- 1868 establishments in Arkansas
- Cemeteries established in the 1860s