Camp Atterbury's Grey Areas: Civilian Cemeteries on Military Property

Summary

Many of the military installations in use currently were built at the beginning of 20th century. These usually displaced some communities and individual residences. When Camp Atterbury was built in 1941, it displace a few small communities, a few hundred farming families, and approximately two dozen churches. Many of each of these groups had burial grounds. At the very beginning of construction of the base many of these people and their memorials were also removed to an area just north of base. Still a few yet remain to this day for a variety of reasons. This paper will discuss the issues and processes of taking care of these burial grounds as they sit in figurative and literal grey areas.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• The Landscapes in Military Installation Archaeology   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2018

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PaperId(s): 915