1909 Photograph of Memorial Day at Oakwood Cemetery in Alton, Illinois

Alton, Cemetery, memorial day, Western Military Academy

“1909 Photograph of Memorial Day at Oakwood Cemetery in Alton, Illinois,” Madison Historical, accessed October 29, 2025, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/2390.

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This 1909 photograph shows a band from the Western Military Academy standing on a path in a cemetery. Behind the band are a group of well-dressed old men holding flowers. The men wear medals on their coats. The photo was likely taken at the Oakwood Cemetery, or Upper Alton Cemetary, for Memorial Day 1909.

• SIUE Archives

Godfrey Photograph Collection

• culture
• memorials
• Alton

1909

English

• Photograph

• Black and white photographic print
• jpg

9.9 x 7.9 [inches]

• 1900s
• Alton, Illinois

• GodfreyPhoto-P-051