From Richmond Dispatch, May 13, 1885:
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Category Archives: Hollywood Cemetery
True Wildlife Crime: The Hollywood Buck Case
Revisiting this story…
Goats in the Cemetery
Laurel Street neighbor Charles Pool took this great photo of RVAGoats doing their thing of chomping on excessive and invasive vegetation on steep slope in Hollywood Cemetery.
Large Tree Down In Hollywood Cemetery
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Laurel Street neighbor Charles Pool reports:
Hollywood lost one of its oldest trees this week. I counted around 225 growth rings. It was next to the original Harvie tombs, and it certainly would have been growing when Jaquelin Harvie was buried in 1856.
Statuary In Hollywood Cemetery
Photo by Charles Pool
Flowers By The Cemetery
Hopefully, these and other neighborhood flora are keeping the bees happy…
The Angel of Hope ceremony on December 6
The Angel of Hope ceremony in Hollywood Cemetery honors the many children who have passed away.
The ceremony will take place on Monday, December 6th at 6:00 p.m. at the Angel of Hope statues in the Idlewood section.
Please click here or more information.
Hollywood Cemetery Glade
Hollywood Cemetery has been doing some ground renovations is inviting folks to see and use their refurbished glade near their front entrance.
Hollywood Cemetery Tour Next Thursday
Photo by Bill Draper Photography
Join the experienced guides from The Valentine on a walking tour of Hollywood Cemetery next Thursday from 6:00 pm – 7:15 pm.
Purchase tickets here: https://thevalentine.org/event/highlights-of-hollywood-cemetery-walking-tour-6/
Hollywood Cemetery Severely Vandalized
Word came over the weekend, but today other news outlets reported on enormous vandalism at Hollywood Cemetery- gravestones and markers toppled.
From WRIC news:
Richmond Police Chief Gerald Smith held a news conference Monday morning to address vandalism over the weekend at the Hollywood Cemetery.
Chief Smith is asking the public for any information that could help their investigation of the damage to the historic cemetery. Smith said there are no security cameras in the area.
The vandalism happened in the President’s Circle of the historic cemetery, Chief Smith said. U.S. presidents James Monroe and John Tyler are buried there.
“This historical cemetery is the resting place for those who actually founded Richmond,” Smith said. “As well as some of the members of the Confederacy.”
Smith said the graves that were desecrated show no markings of the Confederacy. However, it would take some time to find out if there is a connection.