Thoroughly enjoyed this tour. The docent was knowledgeable and entertaining. The actors provided insight into different aspects of the Vietnam era. Kudos to everyone involved who made this event happen.

Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison, Wisconsin, was founded in 1847 and is one of the first U.S. National Cemeteries established in the state. Among the notable burials are several Wisconsin governors, Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices, U.S. Senators, State Representatives, Attorney Generals and members of the famed La Follette family, which founded Wisconsin's Progressive Party. In fact, Robert M. La Follette Sr. was the 20th Governor of Wisconsin, a U.S. Senator and candidate for President of the United States in 1924. Be sure to see the seven effigy mounds, dating from 700 to 1200, earthworks that are shaped like flying geese, two panthers and four linear shapes. The mounds were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. There also are sections for Union and Confederate soldiers from the Civil War. In fact, the Confederate Rest, as the section where 140 Confederate prisoners of war who died while confined in nearby Camp Randall in 1862, is the northernmost Confederate burial ground in the United States. The chapel was built in 1878.

The weekend before the service, I drove the grounds to get a feel of the layout to photograph the event for the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War. It has the same feel as Mount Olivet Cemetery in Janesville, WI, and the groundskeepers keep the grounds clean. It's old and established cemetery that has a lot of history to it, which includes past governors and prominent members of Madison.

Camp Randall goes back to the Civil War where it served as a training ground for Union soldiers. Forest Hill is a few blocks away where captured Confederate soldiers were laid to rest when doctors of both sides tried to save their lives.

I was never aware of the Northernmost Confederate Cemetery . I was disappointed to see they had removed the larger memorial but ad the headstones weren't desecrated'