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Woodlawn Park Cemetery–North was established in 1913 by three pioneers in Miami's early history – Thomas O. Wilson, William N. Urmey and Clifton D. Benson. The Woodlawn group of cemeteries grew throughout the years, and funeral homes were added as well. The founders imported rare tropical trees and shrubs to adorn the cemetery, including ...
City of Miami Cemetery in Miami, Miami-Dade County. Caballero Rivero Woodlawn Park North Cemetery and Mausoleum, Miami; City of Miami Cemetery, Miami; Dade Memorial Park, Opa-Locka; Flagler Memorial Park Cemetery, Miami; Lakeside Memorial Park, Doral; Miami Memorial Park Cemetery, Miami; Mount Nebo Cemetery, Glenvar Heights
Hurricane Monument, Woodlawn Park North Cemetery, Miami, FL, on site of mass grave. On January 31, 1936, Harvey W. Seeds Post No. 29, American Legion, Miami, Florida, petitioned FERA for the deed to the Woodlawn plot. [92] The Legion would use the empty grave sites for the burial of indigent veterans and accept responsibility for care of the plot.
Woodlawn cemetery was created by Henry Flagler in 1904 on a pineapple growing field in West Palm. 5 interesting facts about historical burial site.
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Henry Flagler created the cemetery on 17 acres (6.9 ha) of pineapple fields in 1904. "By 1904, there was 'no more attractive cemetery in Florida' than Woodlawn, most likely inspired in name and design by New York’s Woodlawn Cemetery that had also utilized a spacious Landscape Lawn."
Originally, William and Mary Brickell were entombed on their property located at 501 Brickell Avenue, Miami, but in 1946 their daughter Maud Brickell decided to move her parents to Woodlawn Park Cemetery and Mausoleum, now Caballero Rivero Woodlawn North Park Cemetery and Mausoleum.
In 2019, Wooden found his mother in Lincoln Memorial Park in Miami, the neglected cemetery home to upwards of 30,000 Black Americans including lynching victims, veterans and even a few millionaires.