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The first national memorial to Abraham Lincoln was the historic Lincoln Highway, the first road for the automobile across the United States of America, which was dedicated in 1913, predating the 1921 dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., by nine years.
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery is a commercial, privately owned, historically Black cemetery located on the south side of Suitland Road (Maryland State Highway 218) in Suitland, Maryland. The cemetery is adjacent to Washington National Cemetery and across the street from the historically white Cedar Hill Cemetery . [ 1 ]
The cemetery is named after President Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States and founder of the National Cemetery system and who is buried at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. In 2015 the first American federally approved monument honoring LGBT veterans was dedicated at the cemetery. [1]
Indiana State Monument (1971) Lincoln Address Memorial, Gettysburn National Cemetery designed by Louis Henrick 1912 Bust of bust of Abraham Lincoln, by Henry Kirke Bush-Brown 1912; New York State Monument (1893) New York Auxiliary State Monument (1925) Pennsylvania State Memorial, Gettysburg, 1914 also includes several portrait statues,
Tiled stone bench at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Suitland, Prince George's County. Cedar Hill Cemetery (or Forest Lake Cemetery, formerly Nonesuch Plantation Cemetery), Suitland; Ivy Hill Cemetery, Laurel; Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Suitland; National Harmony Memorial Park, Landover
Washington's tomb at the United States Capitol in Washington D.C., originally designed to entomb the body of George Washington. Burial places of presidents and vice presidents of the United States are located across 23 states and the District of Columbia. Since the office was established in 1789, 45 people have served as President of the United ...
There are two historic cemeteries in Suitland: Cedar Hill and Lincoln Memorial. [3] Cedar Hill Cemetery was founded in 1895 and built on the former Nonesuch Plantation. [8] Prior to 1913, it was known as Forest Lake Cemetery and was likely renamed after the cedar trees that lined both sides of Suitland Road from the D.C. line to Silver Hill Road.
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery may refer to: Lincoln Memorial Park, Miami, Florida; Lincoln Memorial Cemetery (Suitland, Maryland) This page was last edited on 5 ...