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Veterans Remembered on Cemetery Tour in Lawrence
Dozens of Lawrencians joined a two hour Oak Hill Cemetery tour led by Bob Wandel of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. He highlighted graves of veterans from 1865 onward and explained Civil War stone designs noting Medal of Honor winners Salem Gleason, Samuel J. Churchill and Thomas N. Graham. Alfred Cecil Alford, age 24, was among the notable graves featured.
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Bob Wandel
The
Sons of Union Veterans of the
Oak Hill Cemetery
Oak Hill Ave
Lawrence
Wandel
Salem Gleason
Samuel J. Churchill
Thomas N. Graham
Alfred Cecil Alford