Flags were placed on headstones Sunday at Animas City Cemetery in Durango in recognition of Memorial Day. Durango's Historic Preservation Board and City Council designated the cemetery a historic landmark on the City Register of Historic Places in 2004. (Herald Staff)
Flags were placed on headstones Sunday at Animas City Cemetery in Durango in recognition of Memorial Day. Durango's Historic Preservation Board and City Council designated the cemetery a historic landmark on the City Register of Historic Places in 2004. (Herald Staff)

The dozen or so Civil War veterans in Animas City Cemetery with headstones old and new were remembered during the Memorial Day weekend.

All fought for the North.

The cemetery predates the founding of Durango with a first burial in 1877 and most recent in 1966, according to local historian Ruth Lambert. It is located on a bench above Florida Road and below North College Drive, and is on the City’s Registry of Historic Places.

Much more at www. AnimasCityCemetery.org.

– Herald Staff

Flags were placed on headstones Sunday at Animas City Cemetery in Durango in recognition of Memorial Day. The cemetery is the oldest existing community cemetery in La Plata County. (Herald Staff)
Flags were placed on headstones Sunday at Animas City Cemetery in Durango in recognition of Memorial Day. The cemetery is the oldest existing community cemetery in La Plata County. (Herald Staff)
Flags were placed on headstones Sunday at Animas City Cemetery in Durango in recognition of Memorial Day. The first burials in the cemetery were in 1877, and the last burial was interred in 1966. (Herald Staff)
Flags were placed on headstones Sunday at Animas City Cemetery in Durango in recognition of Memorial Day. The first burials in the cemetery were in 1877, and the last burial was interred in 1966. (Herald Staff)