Within a half-hour drive of the University of Central Missouri, rows of neatly placed headstones line the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Higginsville, honoring individuals who served in the United States military. With only small bits of information etched into each of the hundreds of gray granite monuments that dot this vast burial ground, the life stories of many underrepresented World War II veterans mostly remain untold. This will soon change, however, thanks to a $399,000 Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration grant that will also cover project work at Fort Scott National Cemetery in Fort Scott, Kansas.
This item is available in full to subscribers.
To continue reading, you will need to either log into your subscriber account or purchase a new subscription.
If you are a digital subscriber with an active subscription, then you already have an online account. Please log in below to access this article.
If you are a current print subscriber, your subscription includes full access to our website. Please use your online account information to log in below to access this article. If you haven’t already, you can set up a free online account by clicking here.
Click here if you need to reset your password.
Otherwise, click here to view your options for subscribing.
Please log in to continue |