From Hollywood Cemetery’s FaceBook page:
Did you know that Hollywood is one of just three cemeteries with two U.S. presidents? Join us on Saturday, March 29th at 11am for a birthday celebration honoring the 10th President of the United States, John Tyler.
From email message from Hollywood Cemetery management:
I wanted to make you aware of a ceremony we are having on Saturday, March 15, at 10:00 am to about 11:00 am. There will be cannon fire , about 10:30 am is what I am told.
Thanks for getting the word out to the neighborhood.
From Hollywood Cemetery management:
We are having a ceremony on 2/8/2014 for JEB Stuart at Noon and believe there will be rifle volley and/or cannon fire. We wanted to let you know so the neighborhood can be notified of the plans.
From Wikipedia entry on JEB Stuart:
Although he enjoyed the civil engineering curriculum at the academy (West Point) and did well in mathematics, his poor drawing skills hampered his engineering studies, and he finished 29th in that discipline. A Stuart family tradition says he deliberately degraded his academic performance in his final year to avoid service in the elite, but dull, Corps of Engineers.
Richmondbizsense.com has an article on Hollywood Cememtery. Excerpt:
Looking to promote its available space, the 167-year-old Hollywood Cemetery has hired a marketing agency to spread the word for its burial and cremation options, including cremation niches in “Presidents Circle.”
“So many people assume that, because the cemetery was established so long ago, that it must be full,” said David Gilliam, the cemetery’s general manager. “We want to get the word out that Hollywood is still a choice for people to consider.”
Addison Clark, a marketing agency on Monument Avenue, scored the account for the historic Oregon Hill burial ground on South Cherry Street.
This is its first cemetery client, but managing partner Jeff Allen said the firm would market it like it would other historic landmarks. It will revamp the cemetery’s website, improve its search engine marketing and give it a social media presence by playing up its historical significance.
“The challenge they have is a lot of folks think of them as a historic landmark, almost an outdoor museum, but they are open for business,” Allen said.
Photo by Arthur Stephens, posted with permission.
Mark Holmberg had a piece on Channel 6 last night about a memorial statue that has gone missing from Hollywood Cemetery.
Excerpt:
And yet, someone took Hops sometime in the past four or five weeks, pulling up the long spikes that held him in place.
Brown wonders if it wasn’t just some alcohol-fueled prank, that Hops is cooling his heels in a dorm room somewhere.
He asks anyone with information to give him a call at (804) 920-6214.
“If somebody has the frog, I wish they would hop back with it,” Brown said. “Let bygones be bygones.”
Richmond.com recently featured an article about Hollywood Cemetery that took a different approach from the usual “look at how many Presidents are buried here”-the author considers her favorite ‘stars’.
For example her “No. 3” is Mary Wingfield Scott:
Richmonders may not have been able to brag about the revitalization of Church Hill, because it almost got demolished. Preservationist Mary Wingfield Scott was instrumental in saving this neighborhood, as well as Oregon Hill and Linden Row. Thankfully, Richmond is known for its historic beauty, not an excess of Wal-Marts and giant parking lots.
Email message from Hollywood Cemetery:
This message is to notify you that there will be a memorial ceremony for the John Marshall Cadets Corps on Monday, May 27 at 12:00 noon. There will be rifle volleys fired as a part of the memorial service.
Thank you for assisting us in getting this message out to the surrounding neighbors.
From the Valentine Richmond History Center:
May 25
Hollywood Cemetery: The Women of Hollywood Specialty Walking Tour* (2-4pm)
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.