Oakwood Cemetery (Parsons, Kansas)

Oakwood Cemetery (Parsons, Kansas)

Oakwood Cemetery located at 200 South Leawood, opened on June 1, 1872 as the city cemetery of Parsons, Kansas, USA. Three hundred seventy-five American Civil War veterans who came to Parsons as settlers after the war are buried in a special section which they bought in 1886. They named it Antietam Circle. This portion of the cemetery contains a gazebo and Civil War memorial statues.

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Coordinates: 37°20′09″N 95°14′19″W / 37.3359°N 95.2385°W / 37.3359; -95.2385


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