AUGUSTA, Mich. — Built in 1917 originally to train soldiers, Fort Custer differs from many of America’s other national cemeteries.
It has its own honor guard, it served as a base to mobilize two major wars, and its land is secluded by trees.
“Where a lot of our other national cemeteries are kind of open and flat, we’re wooded,” Fort Custer Administrative Officer Ryan Sanford said…