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Beverly Bishop pushes flowers into the soil at the grave of Eva Bogard Wise, her great grandmother. Bishop and several of her cousins took advantage of the post's open invitation Sept. 1 to allow people to visit the graves of families who once lived on the military installation before the Army bought the land.
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FORT KNOX, Ky. — Few took advantage of Fort Knox’s opening of the installation for visitors to visit cemeteries of their family members Sept. 1.
Those who did appreciated it.
One of them was Beverly Bishop. She and about a dozen of her cousins from around the country gathered at the main gate Visitors Center to get directions on where their Wise family members were buried – especially Eva Bogard Wise.
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Niki Mills (right), Cultural Resources Branch manager, looks up a family member in one of her research books to help a visitor identify where a family member is buried at Fort Knox.
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Dan Musel, a friend of one of the cousins and chief of Environmental Management Division, shows some of the cousins where Burcham Cemetery is located at Fort Knox.
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The cousins swapped stories about their great grandmother Eva’s first marriage to E.A. Bogard, and her five children, whom they affectionately called the Wise Five. All the cousins came from those five.
“I haven’t been here since ’73 or ’74,” said Bishop. “This is very moving. We’re here to honor our families.”
Fort Knox traditionally opens the post up to families during the Memorial Day weekend, but weather forced leaders to cancel all events. They decided to move the event to Sept. 1 so people whose families interred here could still have an opportunity to visit loved ones.
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Family members of Eva Bogard Wise buried in Burcham Cemetery discuss their great grandmother's ties to other family members at Fort Knox.
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The Wise family gathers at Burcham Cemetery Sept. 1, 2024, to honor three members from whom they share histories. They took advantage of the post opening to visitors to visit legacy family graves.
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