I had never been here, but had always wanted to, so here is Hollywood Cemetery, one of three locations that contain the graves of 2 Presidents of the United States. Fun trivia: the other two are United First Parish Church, Quincy, Massachusetts (John and John Quincy Adams); Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia (William Howard Taft and John F. Kennedy). Amaze your friends with this fact!
A dog statue, which is listed as a “Visitors’ Favorite”Pyramid dedicated to Confederate WomenGrave of Confederate General George PickettThere are over 18,000 graves of Confederate soldiers in this cemetery. Quite sobering.Grave of Confederate General J.E.B. StuartGrave of US Supreme Court Justice Lewis Franklin PowellGrave of US Supreme Court Justice Peter Vivian DanielGrave of Matthew Fontaine Maury, known as “Pathfinder of the Sea”. Maury (from Fredericksburg) was a highly regarded 19th century cartography. Grave of James Monroe, 5th President of the United States, surrounded by a grove of beautiful, full-bloom cherry trees.Grave of James Monroe, 5th President of the United StatesThis sarcophagus contains the remains of President James Monroe.Monument and grave of John Tyler, 10th President of the United States. President Tyler was the first president to ascend to the office of upon the death of a president (9th President William Henry Harrison). Since he was not elected President, there was uncertainty about how he should proceed in office. His decisive actions upon taking office set a precedent that such a presidency is as legitimate as the presidency of an elected president.Close-up of the front of President Tyler’s monumentView from the west of President Tyler’s monumentStatue and grave of Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. Last year we visited his postwar prison cell at Fort Monroe in Hampton.Monument of my relative Fitzhugh Lee, who had a varied and distinguished life. During his life, he was a Confederate General, Governor of Virginia, Brigadier General in the United States Army (Spanish-American War), and Consul General to Cuba.The Lee Family Coat-of-ArmsOn a beautiful Saturday afternoon, from Hollywood Cemetery, downtown Richmond’s skyline
