Getting acquainted with Kansas City’s history, one gravestone cleaning at a time

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Even lifelong Kansas Citians may not know that nestled just south of Union Station and Crown Center is Missouri’s oldest cemetery.

Spanning 29 acres in the Union Hill neighborhood, the historic Union Cemetery was established in 1857, four years before the Civil War.

It’s also a city park, purchased by the Parks and Recreation department in the 1930s…

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