Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery

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The Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery is an American military cemetery that covers 982 acre in Elwood, Illinois. It is located approximately 50 mi southwest of Chicago, Illinois. When fully completed, it will provide 400,000 burial spaces. The cemetery was dedicated in 1999 by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration. It was the 117th national cemetery dedicated under the administration. The cemetery is on the grounds of the former Joliet Army Ammunition Plant site, which was formerly known as the Joliet Arsenal. The cemetery is named after President Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States and founder of the National Cemetery system and who is buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. In 2015 the first American federally approved monument honoring LGBT veterans was dedicated at the cemetery.

Notable burials

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