Mount Auburn Cemetery

Founded in 1831 by Dr. Jacob Bigelow along with the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Mount Auburn Cemetery has served as a natural setting for the commemoration of the dead as well as a source of inspiration for the living. Originally, Mount ...

Arlington National Cemetery

During the Civil War the U.S. Army confiscated Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Arlington House and property initially for the defense of Washington, D.C. The massive casualties from nearby battlefields in Virginia overwhelmed Washington hospitals and cemeteries with dead soldiers. ...

National Historic Landmark - Ball's Bluff Battlefield & National Cemetery

In October 1861, to quiet his critics, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan ordered Union troops stationed along the Potomac between Edwards Ferry and Harper's Ferry to make "a slight demonstration" and draw out the Confederate force based in Leesburg. The ...

Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery

The Catholic Church purchased the 40 acres, known to the people of Pensacola as Holy Cross Cemetery, in 1914. In 1942, the property in the East Hill Neighborhood of Pensacola was dedicated for use as a Catholic Cemetery.

The Priest's ...

Old City Cemetery

Opened in 1852 on land donated by steamboat captain Charles Willey, the Old City Cemetery was the primary burial ground for Jacksonville's pre-1880 residents. Sections were dedicated for Freedmen, confederate soldiers, Jews, masons and Catholics. Members of Jacksonville's pioneer black ...

Moncrief Cemetery District

Memorial, Sunset Memorial and Pinehurst Cemeteries were developed and managed by the Afro-American Life Insurance Company to provide burial options for blacks in segregated Jacksonville.

With over 6,000 graves, these three cemeteries along with the adjacent Mount Olive Cemetery, New ...

James Edward Simpson-St. Michael's Cemetery

Born on November 18, James Edward Simpson (1807-1871) was the younger brother of Ezekiel E. Simpson. His father, John Simpson, built the Woodbine Mill, a water-powered sawmill, on the Simpson River near the town of Bagdad.

Following the death of ...

James Bright-St. Michael's Cemetery

James Bright and his wife, Elizabeth, share the same grave marked by a marble obelisk. Their grave is remarkable at St. Michael's Cemetery as a step down tomb, there are only two other step down tombs in the cemetery.

James Bright ...

Helena Bowes-St. Michael's Cemetery

Helena Bowes (1873-1939) was born in Pensacola. Her father, John Bowes, worked as an engineer for the local shipping and sawmills industries.

Helena and her sibling lived with relatives of the well-established Fauria and LeFrancois families. Helena's aunt, Sophia Fauria, ...

George Pfeiffer-St. Michael's Cemetery

Born Johann Georg Pfeiffer (1829-1873)in Germany on August 2, George Pfeiffer immigrated to America in 1849.

George settled in Pensacola where he operated a number of very profitable mercantile ventures which included: a bakery, a ship chandlery, and a buggy ...