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Sailors Home Cemetery

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Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Wollaston
Sailors Home Cemetery-This cemetery, the last remnant of the National Sailors’ Home in Quincy contains the remains of at least 119 veterans of this country’s Civil War.

The Home located on 6 ½ acres in Wollaston, operated as a farm for 66 years, from 1866 to 1931. Established primarily for veteran sailors and marines, the home also provided refuge for former soldiers.

(War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

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