From the Richmond History Center:
Aug 14 (2-4pm)
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. Meet at the cemetery entrance at Cherry and Albemarle Streets.
Belle Boggs blog has this to say about the new novel, The Reservior:
It’s both an exciting and lyrical read–I couldn’t put it down–and raises interesting questions about guilt and justice and family bonds. I went back and forth, often on the same page, in the way I felt about Tommie. I’m not one for fluffy beach reads (I read Revolutionary Road on my honeymoon), so I think this book, which is both a literary novel and a crime story, would be a terrific summer read or book club pick. You need someone to read it with you, though, so you can argue about it.
Richmonders will love the descriptions of Oregon Hill and Hollywood Cemetery, and I’m sure fellow readers from the Middle Peninsula will enjoy reading about the people and landscape of our counties more than a century ago; I think the historical details are deftly handled, adding richness without overwhelming the story or characters.
Hollywood Cemetery announcement:
The Jefferson Davis Memorial Service is scheduled for this Saturday at 9 a.m. The service will last until around noon and there will be cannon volleys fired as a part of the service.
There will be a memorial ceremony at the John Marshall Cadet Memorial in Hollywood Cemetery on Monday, May 30th at 12 noon.
There will be rifle volleys fired as a part of the service.
There is a special Memorial Day walking tour scheduled for Hollywood Cemetery for Sunday at 2pm.
Join local historian Jim DuPriest for a unique walking tour of Hollywood Cemetery and learn about the origins of Memorial Day. Begun in 1866, the Ladies’ Hollywood Memorial Association formed to decorate the graves of the Civil War dead buried at Hollywood. Learn about the Confederate soldier’s section, the dead from Gettysburg, Lee’s Lieutenants, and the huge stone pyramid. Please meet inside the front gate, wear comfortable walking shoes and stay hydrated.
Also, this Monday the Virginia War Memorial will have a special ceremony, starting at 10 am.
This ceremony is held to honor all veterans and to remind citizens that we must remain vigilant to protect our freedoms. The 11th District American Legion is a co-host. The guest speaker will be the Commander, Department of Virginia’s American Legion. The ceremony will be held outdoors, and seating will be provided. The event is free, with free parking for our guests.
If you were like me and wondering what the helicopter was all about last night- here’s your answer- someone called 911 about a snakebite- and then could not be found.
Here is what the City’s emergency incident website showed last night:
412 S CHERRY ST RICH / CrossStreet: SPRING ST- FIRE, WATER RESCUE (Special Assignment) -On Scene 12:07 AM -47 YOA MALE C/B…JUMPED IN THE WATER…ADVISE HE IS NOW NUMB FROM THE BACK DOWN
Here is what WTVR reported this morning:
RICHMOND, VA (WTVR) – Richmond Emergency Crews Spent the majority of Sunday night into Monday morning searching for a man by the side of the James River.
Police called in emergency crews around 11 p.m. Sunday night.
CBS 6 has learned that the man called 911 saying he had been bitten by a snake in the woods near Hollywood Cemetery and the James River.
Multiple ground crews and a helicopter could be seen searching for the man. The search lasted for three and a half hours, and stretched from the Mayo Bridge all the way up to the Nickel Bridge.
No one was ever found. Crews called of the search at 3:23 Monday morning.
From Hollywood Cemetery:
The Stuart-Mosby Historical Society will hold a memorial service for General JEB Stuart at his gravesite in Hollywod Cemetery on Saturday, May 14, 2011.
The service is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. and end between noon and 12:30 p.m.
There will be rifle volleys fired as a part of the service.
from recent blog post:
Interesting note, when the voices came back I was in college at VCU (Virginia Commonwealth University). I’m an aspiring writer and love the unknown and grave yards and one day I walked around Hollywood Cemetery, a very large and peaceful place, admiring the old tomb stones and sepulchers. Its. As I entered I immediately felt like the dead knew I was there. I felt like I was floating away from the outside world. The cars and outside noises went away. I felt something calling me in the very center of the cemetery. If I were to follow it it be like I’d float right out of my own body. Hollywood cemetery, local legend, is known to be haunted. I followed the calling out of interest and as I went further I saw a black dog come out of nowhere. Now I know black dogs guard the line between life and death but I took it as a real dog. So I backed away and turned around, avoiding eye contact. I turned back around to see if it was following me, it wasn’t. It had disappeared.
(Btw, though no Black Dog in it, click here for another recent blog post about a walk through Hollywood Cemetery)
Know where this tree is?
Coming up on their Spring 2011 schedule is “Sacred Spaces in Oregon Hill” (click any preceding text for website):
Wednesdays, April 27 to May 25
9 to 11 a.m.
Oregon Hill Historic District is a fine 19th- and early-20th-century working-class neighborhood with architecture and streetscapes that illustrate how industrial workers lived. Access to the James River and Kanawha Canal and the industries that were growing along these waterways furthered and expanded the growth of the population in the area. Through lectures and walking tours, we will look at the history of this Richmond neighborhood and examine such landmarks as Hollywood Cemetery, St. Andrews and Pine Street churches and the Virginia War Memorial.
Instructor: Edwin Slipek Jr., an architectural historian and architecture critic for Style Weekly, teaches at VCU and Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School for Government and International Studies.
I don’t know if if this class is full yet, but for more information, you can call (804) 828-3635 or e-mail psworley at vcu.edu.