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VETERANS ADMINISTRATION IN GRATEFUL

APPRECIATION TO THE UNITED

DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY

MISSOURI DIVISION, FOR ACTIONS TAKEN

TO REMOVE DEED RESTRICTIONS ON 485

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IN SPRINGFIELD NATIONAL CEMETERY

GRAVESITES FOR USE BY ALL VETERANS

AND THEIR DEPENDENTS SERVES AS A

SYMBOL OF REUNIFICATION OF PURPOSE

FOR MEMORALIZING THOSE WHO HAVE

HONORABLY SERVED THIS GREAT NATION

WITHOUT REGARD TO PAST DIFFERENCES

IN CONFEDERATE AND UNION ALIKE

DEDICATED ON THIS ANNIVERSARY OF

THE BATTLE OF WILSON’S CREEK