A tour bus caught on fire just after 4PM today in Hollywood Cemetery.
Bus fire in Hollywood Cemetery
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Highlights of Hollywood
The Valentine Richmond History Center’s Highlights of Hollywood walking tour will be April 1 from 10-11:30AM:
Learn about the cemetery’s history, artwork and symbolism, as well as the famous personalities buried there, including two U.S. Presidents, writer Ellen Glasgow, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Generals George Pickett and J.E.B. Stuart.
Meet your guide at the rear of the stone structure on the left at the cemetery entrance at Cherry and Albemarle Streets. $10 (Pay your guide on the day of the tour. ) Members: $5
Hollywood Cemetery walking tour on Sunday
Learn about the history, artwork and symbolism of Hollywood Cemetery, as well as the famous personalities buried there, including two U.S. Presidents, writer Ellen Glasgow, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Civil War Generals George Pickett and J.E.B. Stuart, and thousands of Confederate and Union soldiers in a special 2-hour walking tour on Sunday, July 13, from 2-4PM. Meet your guide at the cemetery entrance at Cherry & Albemarle Sts. [via]
this week in Oregon Hill
Highlights Of Hollywood Cemetery DAILY walking tour; Byrd House Market; Story Time In the Library; Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association meeting; MORE…
this week in Oregon Hill
Byrd House Market; Story Time In the Library; History Hounds Explore Oregon Hill; Highlights Of Hollywood Cemetery Sunday walking tour; MORE…
Hollywood Cemetery Walking Tours return tomorrow
The Valentine Richmond History Center’s Highlights of Hollywood Cemetery Walking Tour kicks off tomorrow. The tour is every Monday-Saturday from 10-11:30 until October 31st. Meet the guide at the cemetery entrance at Cherry and Albemarle Street. $10 adults; $9 in advance; $5 History Center members and children 6-18 years old; children under 6 are free.
Hollywood in the fall
Check out this great photo of Hollywood Cemetery by *wanderlust*.
Hollywood Cemetery photos
Local blogger Karmic-Dragonfly put up a great set of photos of Hollywood Cemetery from this afternoon.
Sunday walking tour
There will be a Richmond History Center Oregon Hill Sunday Walking Tour this Sunday, September 16, from 2-4PM. Meet at St. Andrew’s Church (227 South Laurel Street). Cost is $10 per person, $9 in advance, and $5 for History Center Members.
info from the Va.Department of Historic Resources
The Virginia Department of Historic Resources maintains a record of the registration forms for the National Register of Historic Places for properties and neighborhoods around the state, with Richmond heavily represented. Some interesting area forms include those for Hollywood Cemetery (PDF), Oregon Hill Historic District (PDF), Belle Isle (PDF) and St.Andrew’s Church (PDF). The site also includes maps and photos ([1], [2], [3], [4]).