Ivy Hill Cemetery (Alexandria, Virginia)
Cemetery in Alexandria, Virginia, US From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ivy Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in the Rosemont Historic District of Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Burials began at the site in 1811, when it was a family cemetery, and it received a charter as a community cemetery in 1856.[1] The adjoining residential neighborhood was developed beginning in 1908 as a streetcar suburb of Washington, D.C., as trolley lines of the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon railway extended from Alexandria's nearby Union Station (opened 1905).[2] The cemetery is now known for its rare and protected flora and fauna.[3]
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| Details | |
| Established | 1856 |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 38°49′03″N 77°04′25″W |
| Type | Public |
| Size | 22+ acres |
| No. of graves | 10,000 |
| Find a Grave | Ivy Hill Cemetery |
- Judge Albert Vickers Bryan[4]
- Congressman Charles Creighton Carlin[4]
- Catharine Carter Critcher, painter, daughter of John Critcher[4]
- Congressman John Critcher
- Bryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron[4]
- Charles M. Goodman, acclaimed modernist architect
- Fairfax Harrison, railroad magnate[4]
- Vola Lawson, first female city manager of Alexandria
- Congressman Richard Bland Lee[4]
- Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow,[4] infamous Confederate spy
- Nicholas Trist[5]
- Wernher von Braun, aerospace engineer and space flight pioneer[6]
- Harry H. Vaughan, military aide to President Harry S. Truman[4]
- Amelita Ward[7]
- Descendants of the Washington family
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