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Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in New York City and a designated National Historic Landmark. Located south of Woodlawn Heights, Bronx, New York City, [1] it has the character of a rural cemetery. Woodlawn Cemetery opened during the Civil War in 1863, [2] in what was then Yonkers, in an area that was annexed to New York City ...
Dorothy Parker (ashes reburied at Woodlawn in 2020) [6] James Cash Penney; Antoinette Perry, actress, director and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing; Alex Pompez, African-American baseball executive; Generoso Pope; George B. Post; Otto Preminger, film director; Samuel I. Prime; Frederick Freeman Proctor, vaudeville impresario
Woodlawn Cemetery is the name of a cemetery in Elmira, New York, United States. Its most famous burials are Mark Twain and his wife Olivia Langdon Clemens . Many members of the United States Congress, including Jacob Sloat Fassett are also interred there.
Woodlawn Memorial Park is one of the largest cemeteries in Nashville, known as a site where many prominent country music personalities are buried including Porter Wagoner, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, and Eddy Arnold. It is located 660 Thompson Lane, a site rich in history.
Woodlawn Road was renamed years ago, but the old name persists to this day on some signs. [15] Woodlawn, though, became even more densely populated after the station opened. The cemetery, which had lobbied for a stop nearby, benefited as well. It opened a sales office to deal with the demand for burial plots.
The Farragut grave site is located in Woodlawn Cemetery's northeastern Aurora Hill section. It is set in a circular plot that is part of a larger lozenge-shaped section bounded on the east by East Boundary Drive, and the west by Daisy and Ravine Drives. The plot is ringed by a paved walkway, and the main monument is set on a local high point.
Woodlawn National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery within Woodlawn Cemetery, which is in the city of Elmira, in Chemung County, New York. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs , it encompasses 10.5 acres (4.2 ha), and as of 2021, had over 11,000 interred remains.
Woodlawn Cemetery is the name of several cemeteries, including: Canada. Woodlawn Cemetery (Saskatoon) Woodlawn Cemetery (Nova Scotia) United States