Fort Mackinac Post Cemetery

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Small military cemetery that contains graves of U.S. soldiers who garrisoned Fort Mackinac from 1812 to 1900.

The post cemetery is surrounded by a plain picket fence and contains roughly 100 graves with military headstones laid out in neat rows.
Many are unknown.

For years, it was one of three sites in the U.S. that was officially allowed to fly the "War of 1812" U.S. flag of 15 stripes and 15 stars.
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Coordinates:   45°51'31"N   84°37'14"W
This article was last modified 13 years ago