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 We can enter the cemetery through the
funeral tunnel from
Home Hospital. When a soldier dies, a
funeral escort follows the flag draped casket. The
Home Band plays a solemn requiem, and the
firing party discharges three volleys over his grave. The
graves are marked with neat head-
 boards painted white. You notice the words
Name Unknown on one of the headboards. Though unknown, he is honored.
On Memorial Day, the veterans are arranged with military precision to form a procession under the direction of
Veteran Post 5, Department of Ohio, Grand Army of the Republic. Here is a copy of the
1885 Memorial Day Program. The
old soldiers marched in four
 grand divisions to the cemetery. Each fallen soldier is honored with
grave decorating.
A short distance from the graves stands a noble
monument erected to the memory of the fallen heroes by the officers and men of the Central Branch. The words
"To Our Fallen Comrades" are engraved on the granite base of the monument. The
shaft is of white marble and is a colonnade from the old United States Bank in Philadelphia.
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