Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery - Lemay, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 29.939 W 090° 16.679
15S E 737377 N 4264692
A bit of a conundrum .. this lookout platform is along side a road, even though you cannot drive there.
Waymark Code: WM14XVZ
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 09/09/2021
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County of lookout: St. Louis County
Location of lookout: Old Post Drive E., in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Lemay
This platform, in the original section of the large cemetery, was built in 1866. The view is of the Mississippi River, and Illinois on the other side.
The four roads here called Old Post Roads, are blocked off and cannot be driven upon. This is a recent act, and is in response to the current unrest and hatred of anything from the Civil War. To protect the tombs and markers here, they blocked the roads.
You have to park on Monument Dr., or near shelter 6, and walk the rest of the way back here.
"The original portion of the cemetery is located in the northeastern section of the present acreage, appropriately delineated by four roads designated as Old Post Drive—East, West, North and South, respectively—containing Sections 1-4, and OPS-1, OPS-2, and OPS-3. It was set aside for the burial of military and civilian personnel who died at the garrison. In 1869 the cemetery experienced enormous growth when more than 10,200 recovered remains of soldiers originally buried at other Missouri locations including Cape Girardeau, Pilot Knob, Warsaw, and Rolla were removed here. About 470 victims of smallpox at Arsenal Island were also reinterred here." ~ Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery