the Marion National Cemetery’s assistant director, said. A soldier’s home first opened on the property in 1890 to give Civil War veterans a place to go. The cemetery was then established next ...

“It’s a little bit breathtaking,” Dave Drake, assistant director of Marion National Cemetery, said. Row after row, in perfect alignment, the gravestones at Marion National Cemetery pay ...

MARION, Iowa (KCRG) - For Jonathan Appell, graveyards are more than a resting place for the dead, they’re a piece of history he’s determined to preserve. “These handmade, especially the ...

The chapel is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Marion Cemetery donated the land. The county owns the monument. Services for veterans and others placed in the crypts are held ...

It’s part of his company, Atlas Preservation’s 48-state tour to restore graves across the country, including ones in Marion’s historic Oak Shade Cemetery. “Generally, there’s no money ...

“I didn’t wanna lose my leg cause I knew it would ruin sports for me,” said Henning. “But after hearing all the things with prosthetics and all that, it made it a lot easier.” ...