Marietta National Cemetery
Marietta National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Marietta. As of the end of 2006, had 18,742 interments. It is closed to new interments. The land for the cemetery was donated by local resident Henry Cole, as a place to inter both Union and Confederate soldiers. His idea was that by burying together those who had fallen together in battle, it could help foster a kind of peace. Both sides rejected his proposal, and the land was used primarily to inter Union soldiers, while the others were buried in the Marietta Confederate Cemetery. -from Wikipedia
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