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Special Event

Event

Living Memories in Stones River National Cemetery

Stones River National Battlefield

Fee:

Free.

Location:

Rostrum Area of Stones River National Cemetery

Dates & Times

Date:

Saturday, July 12, 2025

Time:

10:00 AM

Duration:

5 hours

Type of Event

Exhibition/Show
Living History

Description

Stones River National Cemetery began as the final resting place for 6,100 U.S. soldiers who lost their lives in service to our nation during the Civil War. In the decades that followed, veterans of later conflicts through Vietnam were laid to rest in that hallowed ground.
 
Join living historians and veterans near the Stones River National Cemetery Rostrum and learn more about the sacrifices these soldiers made for us over the course of more than a century. You will have an opportunity to see the uniforms and equipment from several war time periods and learn about the stories of some the veterans who lie in the national cemetery.

Reservation or Registration: No

Contact Information

Jim Lewis
615-893-9501
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Image Gallery

Black and white image of scouts saluting as a park ranger raises an American flag on a flagpole.
Black and white image of scouts saluting as a park ranger raises an American flag on a flagpole.
Melroe Tarter, pictured here raising the national cemetery flag, was the first Superintendent of Stones River National Military Park and a veteran of the Spanish American War.
NPS Photo
Tags: memorial day living history american civil war spanish american war first world war second world war korean war vietnam war