- City:
- St. Louis, MO
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Cemeteries
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1940
Description
VA.gov: “The Soldiers’ Lot occupies Lots 262 and 263 of Woodland Cemetery, covering less than 0.2 acres.” NPS.gov: “In 1940, laborers of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a depression-era work relief program, erected an enclosing stone wall and post-and-chain fence around the perimeter of the soldiers’ lot.”
Source notes
https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/lots/moundcity.asp https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/national_cemeteries/Kansas/Mound_City_Cemetery_Soldiers_Lot.htmlSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on April 12, 2015.
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