BackStory is a smart history radio show/podcast whose May 2010 show Grave Matters: A History of Death and Mourning includes an Ed Ayers tour of Hollywood Cemetery: On each show, renowned U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Peter Onuf, and Brian Balogh tear a topic from the headlines and plumb its historical depths. Over the course of [...]
A tour bus caught on fire just after 4PM today in Hollywood Cemetery.
The Valentine Richmond History Center’s Highlights of Hollywood walking tour will be April 1 from 10-11:30AM: 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. Meet your guide at the [...]
Learn about the history, artwork and symbolism of Hollywood Cemetery, as well as the famous personalities buried there, including two U.S. Presidents, writer Ellen Glasgow, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Civil War Generals George Pickett and J.E.B. Stuart, and thousands of Confederate and Union soldiers in a special 2-hour walking tour on Sunday, July 13, from [...]
Highlights Of Hollywood Cemetery DAILY walking tour; Byrd House Market; Story Time In the Library; Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association meeting; MORE…
Byrd House Market; Story Time In the Library; History Hounds Explore Oregon Hill; Highlights Of Hollywood Cemetery Sunday walking tour; MORE…
The Valentine Richmond History Center’s Highlights of Hollywood Cemetery Walking Tour kicks off tomorrow. The tour is every Monday-Saturday from 10-11:30 until October 31st. Meet the guide at the cemetery entrance at Cherry and Albemarle Street. $10 adults; $9 in advance; $5 History Center members and children 6-18 years old; children under 6 are free.
Check out this great photo of Hollywood Cemetery by *wanderlust*.
Local blogger Karmic-Dragonfly put up a great set of photos of Hollywood Cemetery from this afternoon.
There will be a Richmond History Center Oregon Hill Sunday Walking Tour this Sunday, September 16, from 2-4PM. Meet at St. Andrew’s Church (227 South Laurel Street). Cost is $10 per person, $9 in advance, and $5 for History Center Members.
