Union Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri Postcard

"Union Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri" Postcard by Catherine Sherman. Obelisks marking graves stand in The Union Cemetery, which sits on 27 acres of land a few minutes from Crown Centre and downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 1857, Union Cemetery is the oldest public cemetery in Kansas City. It is the final resting place of more than 55,000 people, including many of Kansas City's leaders. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the land was originally claimed and plotted out to be the cemetery for both the town of Westport and the town of Kansas (now Kansas City). Many famous and historically significant people are buried in the Cemetery. Veterans from every war from the Revolutionary War to the Vietnam War are also buried here, including those who fought for both sides during the Civil War.