| Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery is located
near Elwood, Illinois, just a few miles south
of Joliet. The cemetery is a
Blue Star Memorial and there are already
numerous
grave sites.
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This cemetery became the 117th national cemetery within the
Department of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration
on 03 October 1999. The website for the cemetery says "the
982-acre cemetery will provide 400,000 burial spaces" when
it is fully developed.
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