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Rich mond's Hollywood Cemetery Lauded For History Of Statesmen
A long portrait honors Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond as a storied final home for presidents, generals, authors, and governors. It recalls John Tyler and James Monroe interments, Jefferson Davis’s statue, Confederate graves, and the 1849 dedication amid Civil War turmoil. The piece notes founders Fry and Haxall, early charter battles, and the cemetery’s enduring legacy with statues, monuments, and thousands of Confederate graves.
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Oregon Hill
John F. Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
U.S
John Tyler
James Monroe
Jefferson Davis
Belle Isle
Monroe
Tyler
Matthew Fontaine ‘Maury
Hollywood Cemetery
John Young Mason
France
Cuba
John Randolph
Henry Clay
Russia
James Branch Cabell
Jurgen
Richmond
Ellen Glasgow
Virginia
William Smith
Henry A. Wise
Fitzhugh Lee
Charles T. O’ferral
Claude A. Swaisen
John Garland Pollard
Prince Serge
Michaelovich Primal Walkonsky
Mary
Boston
Mount Auburn
Joshua J. Fry
William H. Haxall
Sydney
Henrico County