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Oakwood Cemetery is a large, city-owned burial ground in the East End of Richmond, Virginia. It holds over 48,000 graves, including many soldiers from the Civil War. It holds over 48,000 graves, including many soldiers from the Civil War.
The city of Richmond acquire ownership of East End Cemetery in 2024. [11] [14] [15] Colored Paupers Cemetery (a.k.a.The Garden of Lilie's) established in 1896 by the city of Richmond, on land adjoining the city's Oakwood Cemetery. [8] Woodland Cemetery was acquired in 1916 and opened in 1917, by the Richmond Planet newspaper editor John ...
Cemetery for Hebrew Confederate Soldiers, Richmond – the only Jewish military cemetery outside Israel; Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond; Oakwood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia; Richmond National Cemetery; Mount Olivet United Methodist Church Cemetery, Arlington; Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground, Richmond, Virginia; Richmond's African Burial ...
Nov. 18—HIGH POINT — A nearly 100-year-old property at Oakwood Cemetery is getting new life thanks to the efforts of local historic preservationists and gifts from major High Point benefactors.
The Hebrew Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, also known as Hebrew Burying Ground, and previously the Jew's Burying Ground, dates from 1816. This Jewish cemetery, one of the oldest in the United States, was founded in 1816 as successor to the Franklin Street Burial Grounds of 1789. Among those interred here is Josephine Cohen Joel, who was well ...
The Oakwood–Chimborazo Historic District is a national historic district of 434 acres (176 ha) located in Richmond, Virginia. It includes 1,284 contributing buildings, three contributing structures, five contributing objects and four contributing sites. It includes work by architect D. Wiley Anderson.
Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia) (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Cemeteries in Richmond, Virginia" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.