From Hollywood Cemetery’s FaceBook page:
Although you can drive through the cemetery today, there was a time when automobiles were prohibited in Hollywood Cemetery. In fact, when President Taft visited in 1909 he was initially refused entry because of his motorcade.
Also:
Another fun way to tour Hollywood is by trolley! Our trolley tours take place every Sunday at 2pm and last approximately 2 hours.
Check out Hollywood Cemetery’s website:
Photo submitted by Among the Ruin.
From Hollywood Cemetery’s FaceBook page:
We’re excited to announce the Top 5 photos in our photo contest! We think these 5 photos best represent the historical beauty of Hollywood Cemetery. Thank you to everyone who participated!
Now it’s time to vote! To vote, simply “like” the picture (ed.’s note: On Hollywood Cemetery’s FaceBook page) you think should win. Tell your family and friends to vote as well! Voting will be open until 11:59pm, Wednesday, July 23rd.
Hollywood Cemetery’s Facebook page is running a photo contest:
Do you have a great photo you’ve taken of Hollywood Cemetery? Share it with us and you could win 2 tickets for a trolley tour through Hollywood!
Here are the details: Send us a private message with your photo. From the submissions, we will choose the Top 5 that we think best represents the historical beauty of Hollywood. The Top 5 photos will be posted on July 16th for your votes. The photo that receives the most “Likes” wins!
Only one entry per person please.
From tour description in Virginia Living magazine:
Jun 28, 2014 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Explore the significant role that women’s groups played in Hollywood Cemetery’s history from the Civil War to the present. Stops include gravesites of female residents who led independent lives as educators, authors, preservationists, suffragists, humanitarians or as the power behind the scenes of famous men. Meet at the cemetery entrance at Cherry and Albemarle streets.
$15 per person
$5 for History Center Members and children under 12
Walk-ups welcome.
Cash or check, or purchase online at richmondhistorytours.com.
From Hollywood Cemetery’s FaceBook page:
There will be a memorial for Jefferson Davis this Saturday at 9am. The memorial service is a family event complete with music, poems, and keynote speaker. There will also be a marching bagpipe band, honor guard and musket salute.
The event is free and open to the public.
I have been also informed that there will be cannon fire, lots. It will all be over by 11:00 am.
Get ready for VCU’s Project Clean Move. In addition to trash cleanups, volunteers will load reusable items to give to nonprofits this Saturday, May 31, from 8 a.m – 12 p.m. Separate your trash and reusable items and leave them out before 8 a.m. The Randolph/Oregon Hill truck will likely handle Randolph from 8-10 and Oregon Hill from 10-12. Speaking of which, we need volunteers in Oregon Hill. Please get in touch ASAP if you can help out tomorrow.
Expect some gunfire sounds from Hollywood Cemetery at some point tomorrow afternoon/evening. The cemetery is hosting a ceremony in the Soldiers Section at the speakers stand, with rifle fire. The ceremony should begin about 3PM and last about 2 hours.
Hollywood Cemetery is also hosting a special Civil War Walking Tour tomorrow from 2 to 4 pm.
From the Pyramid to the gravesite of Jefferson Davis, high above the James River, Hollywood Cemetery is the final resting place for thousands of Confederates. Come visit the graves of such notables as J.E.B. Stuart, George Pickett, Fitzhugh Lee, Jefferson Davis and many others whose stories continue to capture our imagination 150 years after the Civil War began. Meet at the cemetery entrance at Cherry and Albemarle streets. $15 per person $5 for History Center Members and children under 12 Walk-ups welcome. Cash or check, or purchase online at richmondhistorytours.com. On-street parking. This tour is presented as part of the Richmond History Tours program, a service of the Valentine Richmond History Center.
Hollywood Cemetery is planning a ceremony at J.E.B. Stuart‘s grave site this Saturday, May 10th. This is in addition to a planned one in soldiers section. I guess we’ll have boom-booms several times that day.
Also, on Sunday, take your mother on a Sunday Specialty Tour of Hollywood Cemetery. An extension of the daily “Highlights” tour, this version covers in more detail the cemetery’s unique history, landscape design, architecture, symbols and residents.
Henrico Citizen newspaper Managing Editor Patty Kruszewski has a nice opinion piece in the latest issue about a small controversy regarding the use of cemeteries. (Click here to see it as PDF)
In it, she mentions her own’s daughter’s burial place in Hollywood Cemetery.
Quote: “I would never have thought to bring my own children to Hollywood (Cemetery) or to use it as a playground or public spot, but it makes perfect sense. It’s beautiful, it’s public, it’s historic”.
Actually Hollywood Cemetery is still a private business that opens to the public. Kruszewski also rightly brings up the role of the cemetery as a valuable green space. We are very fortunate to live next to it.
Somewhat ironically, on the other side of the fence from the traffic congestion today were these relaxing scenes:
