Special to The Daily Reporter
Veterans from the Civil War and more buried alongside I-94 near the Brewers stadium won’t be moved from their final resting places as the freeway expands.
Milwaukee’s east-west interstate that bisects Wood National Cemetery has long been a source of contention due to its proximity to the final resting place for over 39,000 veterans and family members from every war and conflict the United States has fought in, except the Revolutionary War. That includes one headstone of a soldier who fought in the War of 1812. Several proposals to hasten travel along the freeway have failed, but the latest plan, already under construction, to add a lane found a way to keep the cemetery intact…