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ELMWOOD CEMETERY IS A 50-ACRE MUNICIPAL CEMETERY ESTABLISHED IN 1853. IT IS JUST BESIDE NORFOLK'S FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN CEMETERY, WEST POINT. THE UNION SOLDIER ON THE MEMORIAL IS SAID TO BE MODELED ON SGT. WILLIAM CARNEY, 54TH MASS. VOL. INF. AN ALL AFR ...

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WITHIN THE MEMORIAL ARE 20 INSCRIPTIONS FROM LETTERS WRITTEN HOME BY U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN WAR. THE LETTERS HAVE BEEN CAST IN THIN SHEETS OF BRONZE AND ARE SCATTERED ACROSS THE MEMORIAL AS IF BLOWN THERE BY THE WIND. THIS IS JUST ON ...