As you enter the front entrance you will find the flagpole circle and equally space around it, are four cast-iron seacoast artillery tubes. A bronze plaque one one of these tubes reads:
257 UNITED STATES
NATIONAL MILITARY CEMETERY
SPRINGFIELD
ESTABLISHED 1867
INTERMENTS 1521
KNOWN 832
UNKNOWN 889
Graves at the cemetery, located on the right hand side as you enter the cemetery.
View of caretakers house with cannon in the foreground
Graves at the cemetery with the caretakers house in the background.
