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This military burial site is located in Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit, Oct. 9, 2014. The 88th Regional Support Command is responsible for seven military burial sites, to include inspection of civilian re-interment sites such as the one located in Woodmere Cemetery.
Origination of the Woodmere Cemetery arrangement was established in 1896 when the Army purchased 250 graves and transferred 166 Soldiers and Family Members buried on the Fort Wayne Army Post Cemetery. Fort Wayne continued to utilize Woodmere Cemetery for their burials until its closure in 1948.
The Woodmere Cemetery site has continued to grow over the years with the addition of current day Veterans as well as several War of 1812 Soldier whose graves were discovered in the 1980s during excavations for construction of the Detroit monorail system.
Col. Kurt Wagner, 88th RSC Director of Public Works, conducted an inspection at Woodmere Cemetery, Oct. 9.
“We conduct a physical inspection of these sites and make sure our Soldiers’ and their Families’ graves are deservingly maintained,” said Wagner. “Is the grass mowed, are the tombstones clean and unbroken, are they in alignment, is the site well maintained? If we find issues we bring them to the cemetery management and work with them until they are resolved.”
| Date Taken: | 10.09.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 10.16.2014 11:59 |
| Photo ID: | 1616768 |
| VIRIN: | 141009-A-VZ068-582 |
| Resolution: | 4288x1668 |
| Size: | 1.97 MB |
| Location: | DETROIT, MICHIGAN, US |
| Web Views: | 18 |
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