Metairie Cemetery

Metairie Cemetery is a cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Sights

Metairie Cemetery has the largest collection of elaborate marble tombs and funeral statuary in the city. Other impressive tombs here include:

Related Topics:
Marble - Tomb - Statuary

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• the pseudo-Egyptian pyramid
• the former tomb of Storyville madam Josie Arlington
• Moriarity tomb, with a 60 foot tall marble monument. A temporary special spur railroad line was built to bring the materials for the impressive monument here.
• Memorial of 19th century police chief Hennesey, whose murder sparked a riot.

Notables buried in Metairie Cemetery include:

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• P.G.T. Beauregard, Confederate military officer
• John Bell Hood, Confederate military officer
• William C. C. Claiborne, the first U.S. Governor of Louisiana
• Marguerite Clark, stage & film actress
• Dorothy Dix, advice columnist
• Jim Garrison, New Orleans District Attorney
• William W. Heard, Governor of Louisiana
• Al Hirt, jazz trumpeter
• Grace King, author
• Richard W. Leche, Governor of Louisiana
• Samuel D. McEnery, Governor of Louisiana
• Mel Ott, Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player
• John M. Parker, Governor of Louisiana
• Louis Prima, bandleader

See also:

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• List of United States cemeteries
• List of other famous cemeteries