The Vancouver Barracks served as an active Army post for 162 years, eventually deactivating in 2011. The Vancouver Barracks National Cemetery is one of four cemeteries that have been associated with the post over the course of its history. According to the Army cemeteries website, the first interment there was on Oct. 22, 1849.
It occupies a plot of land just northeast of the intersection of Interstate 5 and East Fourth Plain Boulevard, and includes more than 1,500 gravesites, including U.S. and foreign military personnel, prisoners of war, Native Americans and civilians. It’s the final resting place of at least four Medal of Honor recipients, and pioneering black troops known as the Buffalo Soldiers. More than 200 graves at the site are occupied by people whose names are lost to history.
Clark College, Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver, WA, USA
Distance: 0.45 mi (straight line)
Thirsty Sasquatch & Hungry Sasquatch, Main Street, Vancouver, WA, USA
Distance: 0.70 mi (straight line)
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site | Visitor Center, East Evergreen Boulevard, Vancouver, WA, USA
Distance: 0.91 mi (straight line)
Evergreen Blvd & Reserve St, Vancouver, WA 98663, USA
Distance: 0.98 mi (straight line)
Birdhouse Books, Main Street, Vancouver, WA, USA
Distance: 1.01 mi (straight line)
314 W 11th St, Vancouver, WA 98660, USA
Distance: 1.08 mi (straight line)
501 Columbia Street, Vancouver, WA, USA
Distance: 1.28 mi (straight line)
J8CJ+M4 Vancouver, WA, USA
Distance: 1.39 mi (straight line)
Vancouver Land Bridge, WA-14, Vancouver, WA 98661, USA
Distance: 1.40 mi (straight line)
168 Southeast Columbia Way, Vancouver, WA 98660, USA
Distance: 1.43 mi (straight line)
Island Cafe, Northeast Tomahawk Island Drive, Portland, Oregon, USA
Distance: 2.53 mi (straight line)
Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Northeast 26th Avenue, Vancouver, WA, USA
Distance: 2.72 mi (straight line)
NE Vancouver Mall Dr, Vancouver, WA 98662, USA
Distance: 3.57 mi (straight line)
Vancouver Lake Regional Park, Northwest Lower River Road, Vancouver, WA, USA
Distance: 4.94 mi (straight line)
Rosa Parks MAX Station, Portland, OR 97217, USA
Distance: 4.97 mi (straight line)
Kelley Point Park, North Kelly Point Park Road, Portland, OR, USA
Distance: 5.07 mi (straight line)
Columbia Springs, Southeast Evergreen Highway, Vancouver, WA, USA
Distance: 5.99 mi (straight line)
Bi-Zi Farms, Northeast 119th Street, Vancouver, WA, USA
Distance: 6.14 mi (straight line)
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