July 7, 2009

This building houses the offices of the Fort Smith National Cemetery, the oldest of the state’s three national cemeteries. It was originally a post cemetery, with the first internment in 1819. Designated a national cemetery in 1867, it is today the final resting place of more than 13,000 veterans and family members.

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