Groveton Confederate Cemetery

Neither side had anticipated the war's cost in blood. After the fighting at Manassas, burial details dug shallow graves where soldiers had fallen. There was little time for ceremony. Crude wooden headboards sometimes noted the soldier's name and regiment. Many ...

National Historic Landmark - Spring Grove Cemetery

National Historic Landmark - Spring Grove Cemetery

Spring Grove Cemetery is nationally significant as the original site and model for the landscape-lawn concept, the dominant trend in American cemetery design from the mid-nineteenth century until well into the 20th century.

Spring ...

Coconut Grove Cemetery

This cemetery was developed in 1913 by the Coconut Grove Colored Cemetery Association, which included several prominent local black citizens including E.W.F. Stirrup, Walker Burrows and Joseph Riddick. It is the final resting place of many influential pioneer settlers.

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National Historic Landmark - Grove Street Cemetery

Grove Street Cemetery

Has Been Designated A

National Historic Landmark

This Site Possesses National Significance

In Commemorating the History of The

United States of America

Known as the New Haven Burial Ground, this landmark represents a milestone in the development of a cemetery as a distinct ...

Grove Street Cemetery Veterans Memorial

Dedicated to the Veterans

Who Gave Their Lives

In Service to Their Country

May They Rest In Peace

Erected by the Grateful Citizens

Of the City of New Haven

May 27, 1974 Bartholomew F. Guida Mayor

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Grove Street and ...

Grove Hill Cemetery

Grove Hill Cemetery, the first public cemetery in Darlington, was chartered in 1889. Citizens founded it “on account of the health of our town but also on account of the great scarcity of space in the church cemeteries.” The original ...

Cedar Grove Cemetery

In 1846, the City of Lebanon purchased land for this public cemetery. Surveyed by Professor (later Lt. General, CSA) Alexander P. Stewart of Cumberland University, the first burial took place in 1849. Among the dignitaries resting here are William B. ...

Walnut Grove Cemetery

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The Walnut Grove Cemetery is the burial place of members of the Zane and Martin families. Their graves lie within the brick enclosure. The cemetery is also the resting-place of many early Martins Ferry residents, including veterans of the ...

Edmund Jenkins / Ocean Grove Cemetery

Edmund Jenkins

Edmund Jenkins, a veteran of World War I, was the first elected black Town Marshal in Mount Pleasant, and served the Town from 1920-1927. He died December 26, 1930. His gravestone is directly to the left of ...

Cedar Grove Cemetery

Established as Meredith Cemetery, the first recorded burial here was Sarah Hoge Meredith, who died August 25, 1836.

The Griffin family donated land for this burial ground and it has been in continuous use since founded. An annual memorial service ...