Peason Ridge Heritage Families

Between 1940 and 1945 the War Department displaced local families to make room for Camp Polk and Peason Ridge. On April 28, 2012, Fort Polk's Heritage Project and soldiers of a Warrior Transition Unit honored 32 previously unknown graves at Holly Springs Cemetery, now on federal forest land. Descendants' oral histories proved more useful than ground-penetrating radar. A bell rang for each name, and one man learned that his grandparents had three infants buried beside them. The project, begun in 2007, hopes to identify more than 100 unmarked graves.

Where it stands

More markers nearby

• Camp Polk Heritage Families — steps away
• Fort Polk — steps away
• Louisiana Maneuvers: Louisiana Goes to War, Twice — 2.5 mi
• Wolf Rock Cave — 5.4 mi