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Hollywood’s 164th Year
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2012 Sees Continued Restoration and Outreach
estoration and repair of monuments and fences by
conservator Robert Mosko and his team of interns have
continued at a steady pace during 2012. All Phase I work in
and around Presidents Circle has been nearly completed with a
total of 326 monuments and 47 historic iron fences addressed
in this initial phase. The installation of a newly recast Palmer
fence and the reassembly of the ornate Nase family monument
aretheonlyremainingincompletePhaseItasks.These,too,
will soon be completed.
Atthepresenttime,PhaseIIofHollywood’smulti-phase
restoration project is well underway. This second phase will
address damage and deterioration in the oldest and most historic
sectionsofthecemetery.Atotalof1,402monumentsand81
fencesareincludedinthescopeofPhaseII.Todate,workhas
been completed on 312 monuments and 51 fences.
Inadditiontoextensiverestorationprojects,Friendshave
continued in 2012 to showcase Hollywood through numerous
initiativessuchasspecialevents,tours,andnetworking
opportunities with other organizations. For example:
•JohnO.PeterspaidanothervisittoHollywoodona
sweltering April Sunday to speak to a faithful audience about
the cemetery. His most recent book – Richmond’s Hollywood
Cemetery – has been enthusiastically received. Guided tours
followedPeters’talkandbooksigning.
•Overonehundredstrong,membersoftheChurchofJesus
ChristoftheLatter-daySaintsspentavolunteerdayinthe
CemeteryinAprilpullingivy,pickingupdebris,andremoving
dead limbs. Many additional volunteer hours were provided by
thePhiKappaSigma,PiKappaAlpha,andTriangleFraternities
atVirginiaCommonwealthUniversity.
turnout of 150 individuals was entertained with guided tours
aboardtrolleys,GoodHumoricecream,andbluegrassmusicby
theOakLaneBand.
•ComplementingFriends’sponsoredtoursthroughoutthe
year,theValentineRichmondHistoryCenterhasconducted
four themed walking tours of the cemetery in addition to its
increasingly popular cemetery overview tours. Interest in
Hollywood guided tours has spiked this year with thousands
of visitors choosing this option. And school children visits
continue at a steady pace.
•Onceagainthisyear,inthespringandearlysummer,the
cemeterywasthesiteofceremonieshonoringHollywood’s
formerU.S.PresidentsJamesMonroeandJohnTyler;former
PresidentoftheConfederacyJeffersonDavis;GeneralJ.E.B.
Stuart;andnumerousothers.
•InAugust,Hollywood
was honored to be selected
by the readers of Richmond
Magazineasthe“Best
Historic Site” in the city.
The cemetery finished in
secondplacefor“Best
ScenicView”inRichmond.
•InOctober,theBoxwood
Garden Club held its fall
meeting in the Palmer
Chapel and was treated to a
presentation by Dr. Hunter
McGuire,Jr.,followedbya
tour of Presidents Circle.
•Afteramanydecades’absencefromtheRichmondscene,
Friends sponsored a Hollywood family picnic on May 20. The
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Wreath-Laying
Ceremonies
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Hollywood
Cemetery
2012
Contributors
(Cothran and
Danylchak)
(As of November 15,
2012)
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Officers and
Directors
For Former U.S. Presidents
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WREATH-LAYING CEREMONIES
achyear,ontheanniversaryoftheirbirthdates,
the sitting President of the United States honors the
memoryandlegacyofourcounty’sformerPresidentsby
aformalmilitarywreath-layingceremony.
Inthespringoftheyear,twosuchceremoniestakeplace
at Hollywood Cemetery. They honor our fifth and tenth
Presidents,JamesMonroe(bornApril28,1758)andJohn
Tyler(bornMarch29.1790).Hollywoodisoneofjust
three cemeteries in the country in which two Presidents of
the United States are interred.
JohnTylerwasnominatedastheWhigParty’svice
presidentialcandidatein1840andranwithWilliam
HenryHarrison,alsoofCharlesCity,Virginia,underthe
muchtrumpetedcampaignslogan“TippecanoeandTyler,
Too.” Tyler was thrust into the Presidency one month into
Harrison’stermwhenthePresidentdiedfrompneumonia
onApril4,1841.
ThirtydaysfollowingtheTylerevent,inasimilar
ceremonyheldonApril28andonlyafewstepsaway,
MajorGeneralJamesL.Hodge,thenCommanding
GeneralofCASCOM,FortLee,andSergeantMajor
JamesE,Riddick,CASCOM’stopnoncommissioned
officer,placedared,whiteandbluewreathatPresident
Monroe’stombinasimilarceremony.
“Hewasthelastofthe“VirginiaDynasty”andthelastof
the“RevolutionaryFathers”tooccupytheWhiteHouse,”
GeneralHodgeremarked.“Inhislifetime,President
Monroe contributed immeasurably to the building of
thisnation,andheestablishedaremarkablerecordof
service to the citizens of America.” Monroe was born in
WestmorelandCounty,Virginia,andonChristmasEve,
1776,ateighteenyearsofage,crossedtheDelawarewith
General George Washington.
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Brig. Gen. Stephen E. Farmen, Chief of Transportation, and Command Sgt. Maj.
Allen B. Offord Jr., Transportation Corps regimental command sergeant major,
salute for the playing of taps at the Match 29th ceremony for former President Tyler
OnMarch29,BrigadierGeneralStephenE.Farmen,
Chief of Transportation and the Transportation School at
CombinedArmsSupportCommand(CASCOM),Ft.Lee,
VirginiadeliveredremarksonbehalfofPresidentBarack
ObamatofamilymembersofPresidentTyler,friendsand
assembled military personnel.
“What is it that causes us to gather here each year in
PresidentTyler’shonor?ThemosaicofAmericanhistory
comprises those who gave selflessly of themselves for
thebenefitofthecountry,”Farmensaid.“Wecan’tallow
ourselvestoforgettheirdeeds,forourhistoryprovidesa
glimpse of what the future may hold.”
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An honor guard stands at attention prior to the placement of a wreath for
former President Tyler
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Regulations.TheCodeofFederalRegulationsrequires
thatthePresident’sdesignatedrepresentativeateach
ceremonybeapprovedbythePresident’sMilitary
Assistant and be a dignitary of general or flag rank.
Thewreathoffreshflowers,arrangedforbythe
MilitaryAssistant,isessentiallyidenticalinsizeand
color for all ceremonies.
Whilepatrioticorganizations,presidentialsocieties,and
groupssuchastheBoyandGirlScoutsofAmericaare
ofteninattendanceatwreath-layingceremonies,some
havingaprogramrole,theultimateresponsibilityfor
executing the ceremonial events rests with the assigned
military service branch.
Maj. Gen. James L. Hodge, former Combined Arms Support Command
commanding general, and Command Sgt. Maj. James E. Riddick,
CASCOM’s command sergeant major, render honors to former President
Monroe on April 28
Overthecourseofmanyyears,theOfficeofthe
Military Assistant to the President in the White House
has coordinated the annual placement of wreaths.
Responsibility of that Office is formalized in Title
32 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The Code
alsoincludes“thePresident’sApprovedWreathList”
containingthename,birthdate,andburialplaceofeach
ofourthirty-eightdeceasedPresidents,aswellasthe
branch of the military responsible for each ceremony.
The Army is responsible for the execution of the annual
MonroeandTylerceremoniesatHollywood,aswellas
ceremonies for all other deceased Presidents across the
country.TheU.S.Navy,MarineCorpsandAirForce
have responsibility for the remaining ceremonies. The
only President for whom two ceremonies are performed
is Abraham Lincoln. One ceremony is held at the
LincolnMemorialinWashington,D.C.andtheotherin
Springfield,Illinois.
Little is left to chance regarding the ceremonies. The
participants,agenda,andmilitarydecorumforArmyconducted ceremonies are described in detail in Army
Certain information and photographs appearing in this
article have been generously provided by the Office of
CASCOM Public Affairs and Office of Public Affairs and
Community Relations, Fort Lee, Virginia.
President Obama’s wreath honoring former President Monroe
Restoration and Outreach (continued from page 1)
Finally,Friendsisverypleasedthattwonewmembers
have joined its board the during the year – Mary Lynn
Bayliss and William R. Claiborne.LynnBayliss,
agraduateofMountHolyokeCollege,earnedher
doctorate from the University of Tennessee. She writes
andlecturesabouthistoricalVirginiafigures.Lynnis
alsoamemberoftheHollywoodCemeteryBoard.
BillyClaiborne,anativeofRichmond,graduated
from Woodberry Forest School and the University of
Virginia.Hewillsoonbeatwenty-yearveteranof
LoweBrockenbrough&Companywhereheholdsthe
position of Managing Director and Portfolio Manager.
Billyhasservedontheboardofdirectorsofthe
Maymont and Westminster Canterbury Foundations.
The 392nd Army Band from Fort Lee, Va., provides musical
accompaniment during the ceremony for former President Monroe
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Numerous Events Draw Visitors to Hollywood
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[1] John O. Peters, retired lawyer and author of Richmond’s Hollywood Cemetery, speaks about
the cemetery and his recent book at Presidents Circle. [2] Hundreds gather amidst wreaths and
flags to celebrate the 204th birthday anniversary of Former President of the Confederacy Jefferson
F. Davis on June 2. [3, 4 & 5] Over a hundred adults and young people from the Church of Jesus
Christ of the Latter-day Saints gathered for a day of “clean-up, fix-up.” [6] Boxwood Garden Club
President Cathy Lee greets club members in the Palmer Chapel at the club’s fall meeting. [7] David Gilliam, Hollywood Cemetery General Manager, explains recent restoration and development
work at Presidents Circle. [8] Boxwood members Jil Harris (left) and Ashley Farley.
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[9] The Oak Lane Band entertains picnickers on May 20. Left to Right: Massie Valentine, Jr., Liz
Nance, Andy Smith, Russell Lawson, and Bill Hardy. [10 & 11] Open air trolley tours were enjoyed
by all ages. For many young fry, this was their first picnic in a “graveyard.” [12] Even this fourlegged picnicker found the weather and surroundings “awesome.” [13] Veteran tour guide E. L.
Butterworth was on hand to narrate tours and answer questions.
DVD Captures McGuire Stories of Hollywood
D
uringthespringandsummerofthisyear,Dr.Hunter
McGuire,Jr.,retiredsurgeonandformerHollywood
boardmember,revisitedsomeofhismostfavoritesights
within the cemetery.
Overtheyears,McGuirehasbecomeoneofHollywood’s
most accomplished historians. He has an encyclopedic
knowledgeofitsresidents,monuments,sculptureandwrought
iron and has shared his repertoire of entertaining stories with
manygroups,individuals,familyandfriends.Hisearliest
recollections date to strolls through Hollywood as a boy with
his mother following church on Sundays.
WhatmadeMcGuire’smostrecentvisitsdifferentfromallthe
otherswashistalentedcompanion--Richmondvideographer,
ReidAttaway(VideoWorksofVirginia,Inc.).Attaway,who
wasengagedbyFriendsofHollywood,andMcGuirespent
endlesshoursdrivingfromsighttosight--Attawayfilming
and McGuire demonstrating his skills as a raconteur.
After the assembling of extensive supporting images as well
asconsiderableediting,atwenty-sevenminuteDVDhas
been produced. McGuire provides an interesting vignette
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about each of his subjects. He debunks the widely held belief
thatHollywoodis“anexclusiverefuge.”Instead,heasserts
and then proves that it is the resting place of “a great variety
ofcharacters–writers,teachers,philanthropists,herosand
heroines,somegood,somescoundrels–whohavemadehuge
impactsonlifeinVirginia.ItisRichmond’slargestandmost
diverse cemetery.”
Speakingoftheproject,Attawayrecallsthatasalife-long
Richmondresident,hehadalwaysregardedHollywoodas“an
importantlandmark.”ButwhileworkingwithDr.McGuire,
he has discovered that Hollywood “contains an enormous
historicalthread.Thereisaremarkablenarrativethere,
particularly when told by someone as knowledgeable as Dr.
McGuire.”
CopiesoftheMcGuireDVDwillbeavailableforpurchasein
theCemeteryOfficesinearlyDecember.ProceedsfromDVD
sales will be used to support the continuing restoration and
conservationofHollywoodbegunbyFriendsin2008.
Formoreinformation,pleasee-mailKellyWilbanksat
[email protected].
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Hollywood Cemetery: A Quintessential Garden
Cemeteryofthe19th Century
heruralcemeterymovementinAmericabeganin1831
withthedevelopmentofMountAuburnCemetery(located
afewmilesoutsideofBostoninCambridge,Massachusetts)
andcontinueduntilcirca1885.Duringthisbrieffiftyyeartime
period,severalhundredgardencemeteriesweredeveloped
acrossthecountryinresponsetoavarietyofsanitary,social,
and cultural conditions. While garden cemeteries were initially
developedoutsidelargenortheasternmetropolitanareas,such
asBoston,NewYork,Philadelphia,andBaltimore,bymidcentury notable examples could be found in cities and towns
acrosstheUnitedStates—intheSouth,Midwest,andasfar
away as California.
GreatlyinfluencedbyEnglishlandscapedesignprinciplesof
theeighteenthcentury,andmodeledafterthenewlydeveloped
picturesquecemetery,PèreLachaise(1804)inParis,garden
cemeteries were characterized by a variety of distinctive
landscape features including: winding carriageways and
footpaths,sinuouslakes,meanderingstreams,andstately
trees. Often built along rivers or streams on hilly sites with
spectacularviewsandvistas,gardencemeterieswereinsharp
contrast to the crowded churchyards and barren burial grounds
of earlier times. Not only did the development of garden
cemeteriesinfluencethetasteoftheAmericanpublicinthe
nineteenthcentury,butitalsocreatedaheightenedawareness
ofscenicbeautyandtheconsolingbenefitsofnature.In
additiontoservingaspicturesqueburialgrounds,garden
cemeteriesalsobenefitedthegeneralpublicasopenspacefor
passiverecreationand,overtime,influencedthedevelopment
of the American park movement.
ValentineRichmondHistoryCenter
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By: James R. Cothran and Erica Danylchak
Atlanta, Georgia
Colorized postcard showing entrance to Hollywood Cemetery.
graveyards could simply not accommodate the growing number
of dead in this prosperous city. The relatively new concept of a
large,publiccemeteryoutsidetheboundariesofthecitywasa
timelysolutionforRichmond’sdilemma.1
A Site Selected
-- Harvie’s Woods
In1847,FryandHaxall,alongwithotherinvestors,purchased
aboutforty-twoacresoflandknownasHarvie’sWoods,
locatedaboutaquartermilefromthewesternedgeofthecity.
Theselectedtractpossessedalloftheprerequisitefeatures
necessarytocreateapicturesquegardencemetery.Positioned
onasteepbluffoverlookingthefallsoftheJamesRiver,the
sitefeaturedgentlyrollinghills,amainvalleyrunningnorth
andsouthalongtheproperty’seasternedge,andstandsof
holly,poplar,elmandotherhardwoodtrees.2Justpriorto
thecemetery’sdedicationin1848,the Richmond Enquirer
proclaimed: “Few Cemeteries possess so charming a variety
Ofallthegardencemeteriesdevelopedinthesoutheast,
asHolly-Wood—nobletrees,boldrocks,dashingstreams,
HollywoodCemeteryinRichmond,Virginia,isperhapsthe
darkandwildglens,deepvistas—sucharesomeofthenatural
mostsignificant,bothintermsofsizeandhistory.Originally
characteristics,whichpointitoutasahallowedgroundforthe
namedMountVernonCemetery,Hollywoodwasfirst
dead.”3 A later account heralded the striking views and vistas
conceivedaftertwoofRichmond’smostprominentbusiness
the site offered of the city and river below and painted the
leaders,JoshuaJeffersonFryandWilliamHenryHaxall,visited
following poetic picture:
MountAuburnCemeteryinCambridge,Massachusetts.The
men returned home determined to develop a similar landscaped
ThescenefromPresident’sHill,inHollywood,isone
cemetery outside of Richmond. Richmond had seen rapid
thatnevertirestheeye,becauseitembracesapicture
population growth in the early nineteenth century and had
which somewhere among its lights and shadows presents
experienced crowded and unsanitary burial grounds within
featuresthatconstantlyappealtoimaginationandrefined
theconfinesofthecity.Richmond’sfirstburialground,the
taste. In the great perspective which bounds the horizon
churchyardofSaintJohn’sEpiscopalChurch,hadreachedits
the distant hills and forests take new color from the
capacityby1821.Toalleviatetheseconditions,thecityhad
changingclouds;whilenearer—almostatyourfeet—
establishedShockoeHillCemeteryin1820inthenorthwestern
theJamesRiver,brawlingovertherocks,andchanting
section of the city. Within thirty years it too became
overcrowdedwithapproximately4,500gravessurroundedby
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increased urban development. A patchwork of other private
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itsperpetualrequiemtothedeadwholiearound,catches
fromthesunshineplayingonitsruffledbreast
kaleidoscopichues...That,however,whichattractsthe
attention of the visitor above all other objects as he
viewsthebroadprospect,isthecityitself,withitsbold
yet broken outline of roofs and spires. 4
In1848,Hollywood’sBoardofTrusteeschosewell-known
architectJohnNotman(1810-1865)todesignthecemetery’s
layout.(ItwasNotmanwhosuggestedthatthecemetery’s
namebeHolly-Woodbecauseoftheprevalenceofhollytrees
onthesite.)AnativeofScotland,Notmanbeganhiscareeras
anapprenticeintheofficeofWilliamHenryPlayfair,ahighly
regardedEdinburgharchitect.In1831Notmanimmigratedto
Philadelphia,wherehelatermetJohnJaySmith,ahorticulturist
and the librarian of the Library Company of Philadelphia.
Smith5becameaninfluentialsupporterofNotman’swork
andin1835hiredhimtodesignabuildingfortheLibrary
Company.Thefollowingyear,Notmanwonthedesign
competitionforLaurelHillCemeteryinPhiladelphia,aproject
spearheadedbySmith.AsLaurelHillCemetery’sprestigeand
notoriety grew as the second largest garden cemetery in the
UnitedStates,Notmanwassoughtaftertodesignothergarden
cemeteries,which“cametocomprisenearlyhalfofhisworkas
a landscape gardener.”6
CookCollection,ValentineRichmondHistoryCenter
Women and boys in Hollywood cemetery, early 1870s.
HibbsCollection,ValentineRichmondHistoryCenter
hisplanforthecemeterycalledforthecreationofanisland,in
themidstofthestream,judiciouslyplantedwithmagnoliasand
A Plan With
otherfloweringshrubsandfortheembellishmentofthevalley
“Charming Views”
with indigenous trees secured from the surrounding woods.
ForHollywoodCemetery,Notmancreatedaplanthatenhanced Whileneitherplantingplansnorplantlistshavesurvived,
theinherentpicturesquequalitiesofthesiteandsimultaneously Notmanobservedthatinsomeparts,thecemetery“iswell
growninpoplars,elms,&c.,butiswantingintreesandbushes
providedpracticalsolutionsforissuesofaccess,cost,and
oflowergrowth.Inordertoformgroupsofthese,Ihave
functionality.Forexample,Notmansitedtheentrancetothe
desired the gardener employed to procure all he could from the
cemetery at the northeast corner of the property because it
naturalwoods,thetreesthatareindigenous,beinginvariably
providedaneasyaccesspointfromthecityand,accordingto
thebesttothrive,andbeornamentalintheplacesdesired.”
Notman,was“themostdesirablepointtogetthefirstglance
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ForNotman,thevalleyhadthepotentialtobe“ofthemost
of the beautiful variety of hill and valley.” Notman also laid
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out countless winding roads that created numerous burial lots
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fronting the thoroughfares. The design followed the contours
of the existing topography and eluded the
site’ssteepestterrain.Thenumerouslots
fronting roadways provided opportunities
tomaximizeprofitsfromthesaleof
choice burial lots and allowed carriages
easyaccesstomostlotsduringfunerals,
which Notman felt was imperative.
Meanwhile,thepositionoftheroads
greatly eliminated the cost of grading
andcuttingoftheroadbeds.Notman’s
curvilinear circulation system also
revealed “charming views” at choice turns
intheroadways.Inaddition,Notman
proposedthatthesite’smainvalley,which
was traversed by a wide stream and two
creeks,bethechiefornamentalfeature
of the cemetery since burials were not
Plan of Hollywood Cemetery, from 1852 Elliot & Nye’s Virginia Directory.
possible there. A report that accompanied
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Inthemid-nineteenthcentury,gardencemeteriesbecamea
retreatforthelivingfromincreasinglydense,disorderly,and
dreary urban environments created by the Industrial Revolution.
Cemeteries became natural sanctuaries that reminded
city dwellers—albeit in an idealized way—of the rural
environments they had once known and enjoyed. Although
easilyreachedbycarriageorstreetcar,gardencemeterieswere
locatedfarenoughfromcitiestoofferaquietrefugefromthe
incessantnoiseofthecity’sbustlingstreetsandcommercial/
industrial establishments. Garden cemeteries offered urbanites
a reprieve from the visual monotony and inhospitable landscape
ofthecity.Meanwhile,marblemonumentsandgravemarkers,
acommonfeatureingardencemeteries,providedvisitorswith
symbols of hope and immortality that helped lessen the fear of
death by promoting the idea of a peaceful afterlife.9
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Hollywood -A Visitor Destination
Bythemid-1850s,HollywoodCemeterywasbecominga
popular attraction for the public and the city of Richmond
beganoperatinganomnibusline,aprecursoroftheAmerican
trolley,tothecemeteryeveryafternoontomakethegrounds
accessibletovisitors.Bythelate1860s,accesswasmadeeven
easierbytheextensionofastreetcartothecemetery’snorthern
gate.In1871,theRichmond Whig,alocalnewspaper,reported
that Hollywood had “become of late the favorite and almost the
onlyresortofourpeople,aswellasforthepleasuresofpure
airandrefreshingscenery,asforthelovethatisfeltforthespot
wherethelostonesofthefamilyarelaid.”Thefollowingyear,
Hollywood was featured in Picturesque America,atwovolume
setofbookseditedbyWilliamCullenBryant,whichdescribed
Women and children by Confederate Pyramid, Memorial Day, early
America’ssceneryandpropelledAmericanstoexplorethe
1890s.
natural beauty the country offered. It provided romantic
descriptionsofAmerica’smostcelebratedgardencemeteries
viewofMonroe’splot.Hollywoodhastheunusualdistinction
including:MountAuburn,LaurelHill,Greenwood,Magnolia,
ofbeingtheonlycemetery,otherthanArlington,thathastwo
andHollywood.InregardstoHollywoodCemetery,itnoted:
United States presidents buried there.13
Farawayfromthenoisesofcity-life,curtainedby
Naturewiththeluxuriantfoliageoftreeandflower,and
presenting at every turn of hill and dell patches of
beautywhichartcannotimprove,thereisperhapsno
spot in America more suggestive of the solemn
associations that attach to the sacred circle of the dead
. . . and all around the spacious grounds shafts and
cenotaphs are reared to pay the tribute of the living to
thosewhohave‘gonebefore.’11
Monuments to the famous drew large crowds to Hollywood.
In1858,formerPresidentJamesMonroewasremovedfrom
a cemetery in Manhattan and reinterred in Hollywood on the
hundredthanniversaryofhisbirth,aftertheVirginiaGeneral
AssemblyhadconvincedMonroe’sdescendantsthatheshould
restinhisnativestate.AccordingtoMaryH.Mitchell’s
definitivehistoryofHollywoodCemetery,Monroe’sinterment
“gavethecemeterylastingprestige,nottomentionaprime
touristattraction,andensuredthatthecitizensofRichmond
wouldtakegreaterprideinthebuddingnecropolis.”In1862,
formerPresidentJohnTylerwasburiedinHollywoodwithin
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FromJune1861toApril1865,RichmondservedastheCapital
oftheConfederacy.Notonlydidthisgreatlyexpandthecity’s
population,butalsoplacedtremendousdemandsonthecity’s
physical and economic resources as well. While Hollywood
Cemetery was originally conceived as a burial ground for
residentsofthecity,withtheadventoftheCivilWar,itsoon
had to accommodate Confederate casualties resulting from
battlesandskirmishesintheregion.By30April1862,739
ConfederatesoldiershadbeenburiedintheSoldiers’Section
ofHollywoodCemetery,andbytheendofthewarmorethan
11,000soldiershadbeeninterredinthecemetery’sgrounds.14
The Impact of
the Civil War
Overwhelmed by the maintenance responsibility for so many
graves,Hollywood’scemeterycompanyreachedouttothe
communityforhelp.Withinamonthoftheendofhostilities,
ThomasHardingEllis,thePresidentofthecemetery
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company,encouragedRichmond’swomentoorganizea
society to preserve the graves of the Confederate dead. On
3May1865,200womenconvenedatalocalchurchand
formed the Hollywood Memorial Association of the Ladies
of Richmond to raise money to maintain the graves of the
South’sfallensoldiers.In1867,theAssociationdecidedto
fundtheconstructionofafittingmemorialintheSoldiers’
Section and chose a design by local architect/engineer Charles
H.Dimmock—adramatic,ninety-footpyramidmadeoflarge
graniteblocks.Completedin1869,themonumentbearsLatin
inscriptions that translate: “In eternal memory of those who
stoodforGodandCountry.”Intheearly1870s,theAssociation
undertook another mission—to have the bodies of all of the
Confederatedeadthatremainedatthebattlefieldsaround
GettysburgbroughttoHollywoodforproperburial.Ultimately,
2,935soldiersfromGettysburgwerereinterredatHollywood
Cemetery.Evenasdecadespassed,theCivilWarcontinued
to impact Hollywood Cemetery as Confederate veterans were
buriedinitsgrounds,wellintothetwentiethcentury.Visitors
cametofindthegravesofancestorswhodiedintheconflict
andpaytributetothedead.Andtothisday,“thesoundof
cannonandriflesalutesreverberatefrequentlythroughoutthe
grounds.”16
Outdoor Museum
Overtime,gardencemeteriesbecame,inpart,outdoor
museums that provided the general public access to sculpture
and sometimes provided lessons on history and biography.
AtHollywood,twoparticularlynoteworthyexamplesof
monumental sculpture relate to the Civil War and stand over the
gravesofJeffersonDavis,formerPresidentoftheConfederacy,
andhisdaughter,VarinaAnne.In1893,Daviswasburiedin
HollywoodafterbrieflyrestinginMetairieCemeteryinNew
Orleansafterhisdeathin1889.Beforetheendofthecentury,
the Hollywood Cemetery company erected a bronze statue
designedbysculptorGeorgeJulianZolnaythatdepicteda
dignifiedDavisdressedashewaswhencapturedbyUnion
troopsattheendoftheCivilWar.Zolnay,aHungariannative
whohadrecentlyimmigratedtotheUnitedStates,quickly
gained recognition as a superior sculptor and won commissions
to design busts of many famous Americans. For the cemetery
company,Zolnayalsocompletedaseven-footCarraramarble
statueofaseatedangelofgriefhonoringDavis’sdaughterwho
wasbornin1864attheheightoftheCivilWarandwasknown
as the “Daughter of the Confederacy.”17
Sinceitsfounding,HollywoodCemeteryhasservedthe
city of Richmond as a pastoral “sleeping place” for its dead
and as an important cultural institution for its citizens. For over
160years,Hollywoodhasofferedasafeanddignifiedplace
forburialsremovedfromthenoiseandconfinesofthecity.
Featuringthepicturesqueelementstypicaloftheruralcemetery
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movement,ithasenticedvisitorstofindsolaceandenjoyment
withinitsboundaries.Today,Hollywoodremainsanactive
cemetery and continues to welcome visitors to enjoy its striking
scenery,itsmemorialmonuments,anditsrichhistoryconveyed
in stone.
James R. Cothran,FASLA,wasalandscapearchitect,urbanplanner,
andgardenhistorianinAtlanta,Georgia.Heauthored Gardens of Historic
Charleston, Gardens and Historic Plants of the Antebellum South, and
Charleston Gardens and the Landscape Legacy of Loutrel Briggs. Cothran
passedawayJanuary29,2012.
Erica DanylchakservesastheExecutiveDirectoroftheBuckheadHeritage
SocietyinAtlanta,Georgia.SheearnedaB.A.inHistoryfromBoston
University and a Master of Heritage Preservation degree from Georgia State
University.
ThisarticlefirstappearedintheWinter2012issueofMagnolia,apublication
oftheSouthernGardenHistorySociety,andisreprintedwiththeSociety’s
permission.Thearticleisanexcerptfromtheunfinishedmanuscriptof
Nineteenth Century Garden Cemeteries and the Rural Cemetery Movement.
DanylchakplanstocompletethebookinCothran’smemory.
Endnotes
1
MaryH.Mitchell,Hollywood Cemetery: The History
of a Southern Shrine(Richmond:Libraryof
Richmond,1999),7-10.
2
Ibid.,7.
3 “Holly-WoodCemetery,”Richmond Enquirer,
June12,1849.
4
WilliamCullenBryantandOliverBellBunce,
Picturesque America or the Land We Live In(New
York:D.Appleton&Co,1872),1:73.
5
ConstanceM.Greiff,John Notman, Architect,1810
1865(Philadelphia:AthenaeumofPhiladelphia,
1979),16-18.
6
KeithN.Morgan,“TheemergenceoftheAmerican
landscapeprofessional:JohnNotmanandthedesign
ofruralcemeteries,”Journal of Garden History4,no.
3(1984):281.
7
Greiff,142.
8
Ibid.,143-45.
JohnF.Sears,Sacred Places: American Tourist
9
Attractions in the Nineteenth Century(Amherst:
UniversityofMassachusettsPress,1989),100-104.
10 Mitchell,79.
11 Bryant,73.
12 Mitchell,4.
13 JohnFrancisMarion,“HollywoodCemetery,”in
Famous and Curious Cemeteries: A Pictorial,
Historical, and Anecdotal View of American and
European Cemeteries and the Famous and Infamous
People Who Are Buried There(NewYork:Crown
Publishers,1977),167.
14 JohnO.Peters,Richmond’s Hollywood Cemetery
(Richmond,VA:ValentineRichmondHistoryCenter,
2010),46-55.
15 Ibid.,55-70.
16 Ibid.,64.
17 Mitchell,120-121.
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SPRING
FALL 2012
2011
2012 Contributors To
Friends of Hollywood Cemetery
We are indeed grateful to the following donors for their generous support of Friends in 2012. You have enabled us to continue vital monument
and fence restoration. Thank you for helping us to preserve Hollywood Cemetery for generations to come.
Mary Hoge Anderson
Chair, Friends of Hollywood Cemetery
The 1847 Society
Mrs. William W. Reams
Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Toms
Mrs. Kathryn G. Thurman
Mr.andMrs.JamesM.WellsIII
Mrs. William H. Clarke
Mrs. Suzanne P. Closs
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Covington
Presidents Circle
Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Craigie
Mr.andMrs.J.RobertCross
The Kathryn Walker Revocable Trust
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Curdts
Patrons (to $499)
TheWilliamH.,JohnG.,and
Dr. William L. Curry
Emma Scott Foundation
Mrs. Martha O. Davenport
Mr.andMrs.JohnP.AckerlyIV
Mr.andMrs.VictorJ.Davis
Mr.
Max
R.
Adam
Founders Circle
Mrs. Ingrid H. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Adamson
Dr.BrigittedelaBurde
Anonymous(3)
S.W. Massie Charitable Trust
Ms. Alice DeCamps
Mrs. Paul W. Allen
Mr.andMrs.WilliamM.MassieJr.
Mr. Samuel Derieux
Altria
Matching
Gifts
Program
Richard S. Reynolds Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. George Wayne Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Richard H Dilworth
Mr. and Mrs. S. Wyndham Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Disharoon
Mrs. Tanya Parker Dolphin
Heritage Circle
Mr.andMrs.J.MartinAnderson
Mr.andMrs.LeeP.DudleyJr.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Anderson
Mr.andMrs.CharlesE.EberleJr.
Overton and Katharine Dennis Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Anderson
Mrs. Fred R. Edney
Dominion and the Dominion Foundation BankofAmericaMatchingGifts
Mr. George C. Ely II
VirginiaSargeantReynoldsFoundation
Program
Mrs.HerbertE.FitzgeraldJr.
Mrs.BarbaraH.Baldwin
Anne W. Taylor Trust
Mr.G.SlaughterFitz-HughJr.
Mr.RobertB.Bass
Mr.RobertJ.Flacke
Dr.andMrs.EdwardB.BeirneJr.
Hollywood Circle
Mr.andMrs.LewisB.FlinnJr.
Mrs.JeriBell
Mrs.FredC.ForbergJr.
TheBiscuitFactory
Mr.andMrs.EdwardM.FarleyIV
Mrs. Dianne Forsythe
Mr.andMrs.CarlF.Blackwell
Mrs. Marjorie N. Fowlkes
Mr.DonaldBogen*
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Meriwether
Mrs.MargaretDillonBowles
Ivy Circle
FowlkesJr.
Mr.BowlmanT.BowlesJr.
Mr. Richard H. Fox
Mr.andMrs.McGuireBoyd
Drs.J.T.andM.L.Bayliss
Mrs. Marcia C. Frazier
Dr.andMrs.BenP.Bradenham
Mrs.MargaretP.Bemiss
FriendsatFirstBaptistChurch
Mr.andMrs.JosephB.Brancoli
Mr.andMrs.AustinBrockenbroughIII
Mr.andMrs.RichardWilsonGaenzleJr.
Mrs.CarolineY.Brandt
Mrs.FrankV.Fowlkes
Mrs. Lucille S. Gaines
Mr.andMrs.ArthurS.BrinkleyJr.
Mrs.JeanWiltshireLane
Mrs.WilliamC.GarbeeJr.
Bristol-MyersSquibbFoundation
Dr. and Mrs.* Nelson D. Lankford
GE Foundation
Mrs.AlexanderG.BrownIII
Mr.andMrs.E.BrysonPowell
Genworth Foundation
Mr.GeorgeW.BryantJr.
Mr.JosephA.Ramage
Mr. Stuart Gilchrist
Mr.andMrs.RobertC.Brydon
Mr.andMrs.JohnC.Reed
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Gilliam
Mr.andMrs.GeorgeT.BrysonJr.
Mr.JamesS.Watkinson
Major General L. H. Ginn III
Mr.W.HamiltonBryson
Mrs. Carol G. White
Mr.andMrs.WilliamMichauxBuchanan Mrs.JamesM.Glave
Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Goddin
Mr.andMrs.BryceA.Bugg
Mr.andMrs.BruceC.Gottwald
Mrs.ArcherC.Burke
Mr. Stretton L. Gramlich
Sustainers ($500-$999) Mr.A.ChristianBurke
Mrs. Martha Anne Greggs
Mr.andMrs.AndrewV.CableSr.
Mr. Charles L. Hague
Mr.LawrenceC.Caldwell,III
Altria Matching Gifts Program
Dr.DanaB.Hamel
Mrs.
Dorothy
G.
Cardozo
Mrs.FredericS.Bocock
Mr. and Mrs. Les and Kennah Harcum
Mr.andMrs.RandolphB.Cardozo
Mr.andMrs.LewisT.Booker
Mrs. Rosemarie Harter
Mr.WayneB.Cardwell
Mr.CharlesBowman
Mrs. Shirley E. Hatcher
TheBeirneCarterFoundation
Mr.*andMrs.R.HarveyChappellJr.
Dr. and Mrs. Allan Hauer
Miss
Emily
E.
Carter
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Gates
Mrs. Milton R. Haynes*
Mr.andMrs.RichardH.CatlettJr.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace A. Gray III
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Heltzer
Mr.
Richard
T.
Cavedo
Mrs.AeliseBrittonGreen
Dr.andMrs.WalterP.Hempfling
Mr.
Donald
E.
Centrone
Mr. and Mrs. Roger H. W. Kirby
TheHermitageatCedarfield
Mrs.HildaW.Chafin
Dr.andMrs.HunterH.McGuireJr.
Mr.andMrs.ThomasC.ChappellJr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Hill
Mr. and Mrs. G. Gilmer Minor III
Mr. Frank D. Hill III
Mrs.C.C.ChewningJr.
Mr.andMrs.BeverleyB.MunfordIII
Mrs.S.WinfieldHill
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin D. Child
Stanley and Dorothy Pauley Charitable
Historic Richmond Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Carter C. Chinnis
Trust
Mr.andMrs.J.CameronHogganJr.
Mrs.StuartG.ChristianJr.
Mrs. Suzanne C. Pollard
Hollywood Cemetery Company
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Claiborne
FRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD
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Dr.andMrs.J.SheltonHorsleyIII
Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Huberman
Dr.J.Hubert
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Hungerford
Mrs.FrancesH.James
Mr.andMrs.JosephA.JenningsIII
Mr.andMrs.CharlesM.JohnsonIII
Mr.MilesC.JohnstonJr.
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory E. Kane
Mrs.RobertJ.KellerIII
Mr.andMrs.JamesA.Kelly
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Large
Dr.andMrs.WalterLawrenceJr.
Mr. Craig Lawson
Mrs.JohnB.Leonard
Dr.BarbaraT.Lester
The Linhart Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Gene K. Long
Miss Teresa Luckert
Mrs. Frank C. Maloney III
Mr. David H. Mason
Dr.LockertB.Mason
Mrs.H.PageMauckJr.
Dr. William R. Mauck
Mr.andMrs.CecilR.MaxsonJr.
Mr.GeorgeG.McDearmonJr.
Mrs. Susan A. McGrath
Mr. and Mrs. Francis H. McMullen
Mr. Thomas M. Miller
Mr.andMrs.WallaceB.MillnerIII
Mr.andMrs.CharlesB.MolsterJr.
Mr.andMrs.GeorgeV.MoncureJr.
Mrs. W. Cabell Moore
Mr.AndrewT.MooreJr.
Mrs. Mary D. Morgan
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Morris
Mrs. Frederica C. Mullen
Mrs.HarrietJ.Murphey
Mrs. Helen Turner Murphy
Mrs.LouiseB.Nemecek
Mrs. Susan A. Newton
Mrs.JackieNoel
Mr. Davis Eugene Norman
Mr. Charles Norris
Mr. Frank Norvell
Mrs.St.JulianOppenhimer
Mrs. Henry W. Oppenhimer
Mrs. Hugh W. Owens
Mr.andMrs.JohnM.Pace
Mrs. H. Merrill Pasco
Mr.andMrs.JohnM.Payne
PfizerFoundationMatchingGifts
Program
Ms. Donna Potter Phillips
Mrs.RobertN.PollardJr.
Mrs.JaneD.Powell
Mrs. Gwynn C. Prideaux
Mrs.JohnB.Purcell
Mr.andMrs.RussellL.RabbJr.
Mr.andMrs.JohnRamos
Ms. Elizabeth D. Rawles
FALL 2012
Dr.andMrs.FrankL.RawlingJr.
Dr. Gaylord W. Ray
Mr.andMrs.CharlesL.ReedJr.
Dr. and Mrs. P. Larus Reed III
Mr. C. Edward Richardson III
Mrs.JulianeM.Riley
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Riopelle
Mr.FieldI.RobertsonJr.
Mr. and Mrs. N. Pendleton Rogers
Mr.EdwinM.RuckerJr.
CDR.JamesC.Ruehrmund(Ret.)
Mr. Raymond A. Ruth
Mrs.CalvinSatterfieldIII
Mr. Lee Schulte
Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Schutt
Mrs. Elizabeth P. Scott
Segway of Richmond
Mr*. and Mrs. Rankjit Sen
Mr.andMrs.WilliamR.ShandsJr.
Mr. Howard W. Shields
Mr.RobertH.Shultz,Jr.
Mr. Thomas A. Silvestri
Mrs. Sarah S. Sinsabaugh
Mr.andMrs.JackC.Slagle
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony P. Smith
Mrs. Rosemary T. Smith
Mrs. Schuyler O. Sneed
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Snider
Mrs. Mary L. Soukup
Mr.andMrs.JackH.SpainJr.
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Sparrow
St.John’sChurchFoundation
Mrs. Ursula F. Stalker
StarBriteEnterprisesInc
Mrs. Hazeltine P. Strother
Mr.andMrs.JamesE.B.StuartJr.
Mrs. Mary N. Sutherland
Mrs. Ruth W. Taylor
Dr.andMrs.LawrenceB.Tentor
Mr.andMrs.WalterTeStrakeJr.
Dr.JamesA.ThompsonIII
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew G. Thompson
GeorgeN.ThriftMD,Trust
Mr. F. Carlyle Tiller
Mrs. Tammy M. E. Tiltman
Mr.andMrs.JamesL.Tompkins
Mrs. Mary L. Tompkins
Mrs.ZachTomsJr.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Toney
Tredegar Corporation Matching Gifts
Program
Tuckahoe Garden Club of
Westhampton
JudgeJohnRandolphTuckerJr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Turnbull
Mr. Halcott Mebane Turner
Mr.JosephV.TurnerIII
Mrs.MargueriteB.Turner
Mrs.LynneC.Valentine
Mr.andMrs.GranvilleG.ValentineIII
Mr.andMrs.HubertP.VanHorn
Mr.andMrs.RobertJ.VanSickle
VanYahresAssociates
VarinaHighSchool
VineyardProductions,LLC
Mrs. George R. Wagoner
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon W. Wallace
Ms. Sandra E. Waller
Mrs. Frances M. Waller
Mrs. Mary P. Ware
Mr.andMrs.HarryJ.WarthenIII
Mr. Ten Eyck T. Wellford
Mr.JayLairdWelliver
Mr.andMrs.JackWest
Mr.RalphC.WhiteJr.
Mrs. Raymond H. Whitney
Mrs. Kathy Whittington
Dr.andMrs.JamesR.Wickham
Dr. and Mrs. Peter T. Wilbanks
Mr. Carrington C. Wilkerson
Mrs. Hilda L. Williams
Mr.andMrs.FieldingL.WilliamsJr.
Mr.RobertG.WillisJr.
Mrs.VirginiaL.Wilson
Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Winkler
Mr.andMrs.SamuelB.WittIII
The 1847 Society
Leaders for preservation of Hollywood Cemetery
Annual Giving Levels
Presidents Circle for Gifts of $25,000+
Founders Circle for Gifts of $10,000 to $24,999
Heritage Circle for Gifts of $5,000 to $9,999
Hollywood Circle for Gifts of $2,500 to $4,999
Ivy Circle for Gifts of $1,000 to $2,499
We invite you to join the 1847 Society and continue the ongoing
restoration and preservation of Hollywood Cemetery.
FRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD
George Stuart Woodson Trust
Mrs.MichaelB.Wray
Dr. R. Lewis Wright
Mrs. Mildred Wysong
Dr.HenryYanceyJr.
Mr. and Mrs. David Lee Zorn
* Deceased
Corporations,
Foundations and
Organizations
Altria Matching Gifts Program
BankofAmericaMatchingGiftsProgram
TheBeirneCarterFoundation
TheBiscuitFactory
Bristol-MyersSquibbFoundation
Overton and Katharine Dennis
Foundation
Dominion and the Dominion Foundation
FriendsatFirstBaptistChurch
GE Foundation
Genworth Foundation
TheHermitageatCedarfield
Historic Richmond Foundation
Hollywood Cemetery Company
The Linhart Foundation
PfizerFoundationMatchingGifts
Program
Richard S. Reynolds Foundation
TheWilliamH.,JohnG.,and
Emma Scott Foundation
Segway of Richmond
StarBriteEnterprises,Inc
The Triangle Fraternity
Tredegar Corporation Matching Gifts
Program
Tuckahoe Garden Club of Westhampton
ValentineRichmondHistoryCenter
VanYahresAssociates
VarinaHighSchool
VineyardProductions,LLC
VirginiaSargeantReynoldsFoundation
Gifts In-Kind
Mr.E.L.Butterworth
TheChurchofJesusChristof
Latter-daySaints
Delta Upsilon Chapter of Phi Kappa
SigmaFraternityatVCU
ConnieHilker,HartwoodRoses
Hollywood Cemetery Company
Lambda Chi Chapter of Pi Kappa
AlphaFraternityatVCU
Dr.HunterH.McGuire,Jr.
Mr.JohnO.Peters
Segway of Richmond
TheTriangleFraternityatVCU
ValentineRichmondHistoryCenter
Gifts and Contributions received
after November 15, 2012, will be
acknowledged in the next edition
of the Newsletter
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2012-2013
Officers and Directors
Friends of Hollywood Cemetery
Mary Hoge Anderson – Chair
David L. Gilliam – Secretary
Peter C. Toms – Treasurer
Mary Hoge Anderson
MaryLynnBayliss,PhD
William R. Claiborne
EdwardM.Farley,IV
MatthewD.Jenkins
Peter C. Toms
FieldingL.Williams,Jr.
2012-2013
Officers and Directors
Hollywood Cemetery Company
MatthewD.Jenkins–President
PeterC.Toms–VicePresident
David L. Gilliam – Secretary and
General Manager
Woodrow C. Harper – Treasurer
Mabel E. Toney – Assistant
Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
MaryLynnBayliss,Ph.D.
EdwardM.Farley,IV
MatthewD.Jenkins
ElizabethCabellJennings
NelsonD.Lankford,Ph.D.
E.BrysonPowell
Evelina M. Scott
Fred T. Tattersall
Peter C. Toms
FieldingL.Williams,Jr.
Administrative Staff
Hollywood Cemetery Company
David L. Gilliam – General
Manager
Woodrow C. Harper – Assistant
General Manager
Mabel E. Toney – Administrative
Assistant
KellyJonesWilbanks–Directorof
Development,Friends
FALL 2012
FRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY
412 South Cherry Street
Richmond, Virginia 23220
NONPROFIT ORG.
U.S. POSTAGE
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PERMIT NO. 671
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Richmond from Hollywood. Engraving image courtesy of the Virginia Historical Society