From the archives of the Times Dispatch:
August 18, 1905, Image 6
Dance in A Good Cause
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Dancing will be a most enjoyable feature of an entertainment for the benefit of smallpox sufferers on Oregon Hill, to be given at Forest Hill Park Monday night, August 28th, by Mrs. Alice Meitz. Tickets may be obtained for 50 cents at the residence of Mr. E. T. Davis, No. 507 Belvidere Street, and at Marston’s drug store, on Pine Street.
Walking Tour: Highlights of Hollywood Cemetery
Monday – Saturday, April through October 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.
Event Date/Time: 8/19/2009 10:00-11:30 am
Venue: Hollywood Cemetery
Location: Meet your guide at the rear of the stone structure on the left at the cemetery entrance at Cherry and Albemarle Streets.
Cost: $10, $5 for History Center members
Sponsor: The Valentine Richmond History Center
Phone: (804) 649-0711 x301 Email: tours@richmondhistorycenter.com
Website: www.richmondhistorycenter.com
Open to the Public: Yes
RSVP: No