Richmond, VA – Saturday, October 18th, from 10 AM to 2 PM
The Center for Historic Preservation is sponsoring a field trip to Hollywood Cemetery, an outstanding example of a “rural cemetery” of the picturesque style that dates to 1849. Led by Prof. Doug Sanford, the field trip will allow students and faculty to experience a premier Victorian landscape overlooking the scenic falls of the James River in Richmond.
Hollywood Cemetery, with its curvilinear roads, ponds, and burial areas of greensward and trees, contains an impressive variety of tombstone styles and funerary architecture. As a cemetery for a Southern city, Hollywood also is well known as the resting place for over 18,000 Confederate dead, including 28 generals and CSA president, Jefferson Davis. As an upscale burial ground, Hollywood also contains the graves for two U.S. Presidents (including James Monroe), famous authors, a U.S. Supreme Court judge, and members of Richmond’s leading families.
Transportation will be provided, with one or more vans leaving from Combs Hall at 10 AM. The Center also will supply drinks and snacks. Besides stopping at designated locations, participants will be allowed time to roam the cemetery’s grounds before heading back to Fredericksburg. Please use the sign-up sheet for the trip in the office suite of the Department of Historic Preservation.
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