Evergreen Cemetery (Bloomington, Illinois)
- Evergreen Cemetery (Bloomington, Illinois)
Evergreen Cemetery, in Bloomington, Illinois, is also known as Evergreen Memorial Cemetery.
The cemetery was originally two separate cemeteries, adjacent to each other. The first was the Bloomington Cemetery, founded in 1850 by the Bloomington Cemetery Association; the other was Evergreen Cemetery, founded in 1860. The Bloomington Cemetery was funded by city tax dollars, while Evergreen was privately funded and maintained.
Over the years, Evergreen suffered from vandalism and deterioration. Community action in the 1950's and 1960's forced the city of Bloomington to buy out the owners of Evergreen Cemetery in 1963, creating the merged Evergreen Memorial Cemetery.
The grounds of Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, which are maintained by staff and community members, include a Civil War burial section.
Notable persons interred
*David Davis -- former United States Supreme Court Associate Justice
*Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn -- Major League Baseball Player Hall of Fame
*Adlai Stevenson I -- former Vice President of the United States
*Adlai Stevenson II -- former United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Governor of Illinois, Presidential Candidate
*Carl Vrooman -- former Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for President of the United States Woodrow Wilson
*Dorothy Louise Gage -- Niece of L. Frank Baum and basis for Dorothy Gale in his book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz [http://www.thecemeteryproject.com/Graves/gage-dorothy.htm]
External links
* [http://www.evergreen-cemetery.com Evergeen Cemetery]
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