Pioneer Cemetery
Also known as Meriwether Lewis Park
Hohenwald, Lewis County, Tennessee, USA
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Tennessee legislature. The legislation provided $500 "to preserve the place
of internment, where the remains of General Meriwether Lewis were
deposited."
The most noticeable feature of the monument is the broken shaft. This was
done deliberately and was a common custom in the 1800s. The broken shaft
represents a life cut short by an untimely death.
The Pioneer Cemetery was first started in 1856, 47 years after Meriwether
Lewis died and was buried. There are roughly 100 burials in the cemetery
today. The War Department replaced the old and broken headstones with flat
headstones in the 1920s. The flat headstones were restored in the early
2000s.
Meriwether Lewis National Monument
On February 6, 1925, President Calvin Coolidge used the Antiquities Act of
1906 to establish Meriwether Lewis National Monument. The War Department
managed the monument and the superintendent of Shiloh National Military Park
was put in charge of the monument site.
From 1926-1933 the War Department made several improvements to the site,
including replacing the deteriorating cemetery headstones and straightening
and repointing the Lewis Monument's stone. The War Department also marked
the sections of old Natchez Trace that traveled through the site.
The National Park Service era
The national monument was transferred to the National Park Service in 1933,
when Franklin D. Roosevelt reorganized the duties of the executive branch
shortly after his inauguration. By the summer of 1933 a Civilian
Conservation Corps (CCC) camp was established nearby to undertake erosion
control, general cleanup, and nature trail development.
The Natchez Trace Parkway assumed responsibility of the Meriwether Lewis
National Monument in July 1939. With the construction of the Natchez Trace
Parkway paralleling the monument, the site became an integral part of the
Parkway. On August 10, 1961 the Meriwether Lewis National Monument was
officially transferred to the Natchez Trace Parkway.
CONTACT THE PARK
Mailing Address:
2680 Natchez Trace Parkway
Tupelo, MS 38804
Phone: (800) 305-7417
Tennessee legislature. The legislation provided $500 "to preserve the place
of internment, where the remains of General Meriwether Lewis were
deposited."
The most noticeable feature of the monument is the broken shaft. This was
done deliberately and was a common custom in the 1800s. The broken shaft
represents a life cut short by an untimely death.
The Pioneer Cemetery was first started in 1856, 47 years after Meriwether
Lewis died and was buried. There are roughly 100 burials in the cemetery
today. The War Department replaced the old and broken headstones with flat
headstones in the 1920s. The flat headstones were restored in the early
2000s.
Meriwether Lewis National Monument
On February 6, 1925, President Calvin Coolidge used the Antiquities Act of
1906 to establish Meriwether Lewis National Monument. The War Department
managed the monument and the superintendent of Shiloh National Military Park
was put in charge of the monument site.
From 1926-1933 the War Department made several improvements to the site,
including replacing the deteriorating cemetery headstones and straightening
and repointing the Lewis Monument's stone. The War Department also marked
the sections of old Natchez Trace that traveled through the site.
The National Park Service era
The national monument was transferred to the National Park Service in 1933,
when Franklin D. Roosevelt reorganized the duties of the executive branch
shortly after his inauguration. By the summer of 1933 a Civilian
Conservation Corps (CCC) camp was established nearby to undertake erosion
control, general cleanup, and nature trail development.
The Natchez Trace Parkway assumed responsibility of the Meriwether Lewis
National Monument in July 1939. With the construction of the Natchez Trace
Parkway paralleling the monument, the site became an integral part of the
Parkway. On August 10, 1961 the Meriwether Lewis National Monument was
officially transferred to the Natchez Trace Parkway.
CONTACT THE PARK
Mailing Address:
2680 Natchez Trace Parkway
Tupelo, MS 38804
Phone: (800) 305-7417
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- Added: 1 Jan 2000
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 17148
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