Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery – Tombstone Tuesdays August 4, 2020

I mentioned the 7 largest cemeteries on a previous Tombstone Tuesdays – The 7 Largest Cemeteries in the World — BillionGraves Blog – Tombstone Tuesdays June 16, 2020, so I decided to see what I could find on each of them. This took a bit longer than I thought it would take. It’s expected the cemetery will house 400,000 veterans and their families once completed.

Moving to #3:

Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery
Chicago, Illinois

Official website: https://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/abrahamlincoln.asp

Cemetery map (PDF): https://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/maps/AbrahamLincoln915.pdf

Visitation Hours: Open daily during daylight hours.

Office Hours: Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Closed federal holidays, excluding Memorial Day.

Address:

20953 W. Hoff Road
Elwood, IL 60421

Phone: 815-423-9958
FAX: 815-423-5824

Kiosk: yes

When fully developed, this 982-acre cemetery will provide 400,000 burial spaces.

The V. A. site lists 11 notable burials; you have to click the + button to see the names.

BillionGraves: https://billiongraves.com/cemetery/Abraham-Lincoln-National-Cemetery/148427

Cemetery Census – http://cemeterycensus.com/ No listing located

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/AbrahamLincolnMemorialSquad/ and https://www.facebook.com/Memorial-Day-Flowers-Foundation-Abraham-Lincon-National-Cemetery-Elwood-100945734799393/ – no direct page for the cemetery.

Find-A-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/158679 (61,417 memorials listed; 6 Famous memorials –  https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/158679/famous-memorials)

Flickr: Some listings located https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=Abraham+Lincoln+National+Cemetery

GenealogyTrails: One listing located http://www.genealogytrails.com/ill/will/lincoln_national_cemetery.htm

Google Maps: Google Maps, Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery

Histopolis: One listing located https://www.histopolis.com/Place/US/IL/Will_County/Abraham_Lincoln_National_Cemetery (24,392 graves listed)

Historical Marker Database: No listing located https://www.hmdb.org/

Hometown Locator: One listing located https://illinois.hometownlocator.com/maps/feature-map,ftc,2,fid,1952199,n,abraham%20lincoln%20national%20cemetery.cfm

Inspirock: One listing located https://www.inspirock.com/united-states/elwood/abraham-lincoln-national-cemetery-a3293112697

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/abrahamlincolnnationalcemetery/

Interment.net: http://www.interment.net/data/us/il/will/abranat/index.htm One listing located, but divided by alphabet (A-G, H-O, P-Z)

Gravestones.org: https://illinoisgravestones.org/cemeteries.php?selected_cid=99 No listing located for the cemetery

Landmarkhunter: No listing located http://landmarkhunter.com/il/will/

Only In Your State: No listing located https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/

Pinterest: Some listings located https://www.pinterest.com/pin/43558321366314606/

RecordAGrave – https://www.recordagrave.com/records No listing located

Roads and Kingdoms: No listing located https://roadsandkingdoms.com/

Roadside America: No listing located https://www.roadsideamerica.com/

Road Trippers: https://maps.roadtrippers.com/us/elwood-il/nature/abraham-lincoln-national-cemetery

Trip Advisor: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g35960-d7713456-Reviews-Abraham_Lincoln_National_Cemetery-Elwood_Illinois.html

Tumblr: No listing located https://www.tumblr.com/

Twitch channel or search: No listing located https://www.twitch.tv/

Twitter: Not many listings located https://twitter.com/search?q=Abraham%20Lincoln%20National%20Cemetery&src=typed_query

US GenWeb Tombstone Project: One listing located http://usgwarchives.net/il/will/cemeteries/lincoln.htm

Vimeo channel or search: Some listings located Lolo’s Memorial Service (Vimeo)

Waymarking: One listing located https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1T9F_Abraham_Lincoln_National_Cemetery

Wikipedia:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_National_Cemetery

World Wide Cemetery: https://cemetery.org/.There is a one-time $90 fee to add a memorial: https://cemetery.org/memorial-form/; additional information: https://cemetery.org/about/. Visit memorials: https://cemetery.org/visit-a-memorial/ No listing located for the cemetery

Yelp: One listing located https://www.yelp.com/biz/abraham-lincoln-national-cemetery-elwood

YouTube: Some videos located https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Abraham+Lincoln+National+Cemetery

Previous Tombstone Tuesdays posts: https://upsdownsfamilyhistory.wordpress.com/tag/Tombstone-tuesday/