Hollywood Cemetery

Hollywood Cemetery is a large, sprawling cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, characterized by rolling hills and winding paths overlooking the James River. Opened in 1849, Hollywood Cemetery is the resting place for three U.S. presidents. The name "Hollywood" comes from the holly trees dotting the hills of the cemetery, and has nothing to do with the neighborhood in Los Angeles.

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Cemetery - Richmond, Virginia - James River - 1849 - Presidents - Los Angeles

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The cemetery was constructed on land known as "Harvie's Woods" that was once owned by William Byrd II. In 1869 a ninety-foot-high granite pyramid was built as a memorial to the more than 18,000 enlisted men of the Confederate Army who died in the American Civil War. Many Union soldiers are also interred here.

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William Byrd II - Pyramid - Confederate Army - American Civil War - Union

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Hollywood Cemetery is one of Richmonds major tourist attractions. There are many local legends surrounding certain tombs and grave sites in the cemetery.

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Legend - Tomb

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Among the notables interred here are:

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• Alden Aaroe, broadcast journalist
• Joseph R. Anderson, civil engineer, industrialist, soldier
• John M. Brockenbrough, Confederate Army Colonel
• James Branch Cabell, novelist
• Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America
• Varina Howell Davis, Confederate First Lady
• Richard B. Garnett, Confederate Army General
• Ellen Glasgow, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist
• Henry Heth Confederate Army General
• Edward Johnson, Confederate Army General
• Eppa Hunton, soldier, politician
• John D. Imboden, Confederate Army General, statesman
• Mary Johnston, bestselling novelist
• Fitzhugh Lee, Confederate Army General
• William Mayo, Colonial engineer
• Polk Miller, musician
• James Monroe, 5th President of the United States
• Elizabeth Kortright Monroe, U.S. First Lady
• Emma Gilham Page railway industrialist
• John Garland Pollard, Governor of Virginia
• Lewis F. Powell, U.S. Supreme Court justice
• John Randolph, politician
• John Tyler, 10th President of the United States
• Julia Tyler, U.S. First Lady
• J.E.B. Stuart, Confederate Army General
 
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