tagged with: Richmond National Cemetery
June 2, 2010
Richmond National Cemetery Memorial Day Photos
On Monday, May 31st, 2010 on a perfectly sunny Memorial Day I drove by the Richmond National Cemetery and had to photograph the show of appreciation towards our fallen soldiers.
May 30, 2010
Memorial
The Richmond National Cemetery on Williamsburg Road was established on September 1, 1866. Reinterments included 3,200 bodies, mostly unknown, removed from Oakwood Cemetery; 210 (115 known) from the cemetery of the Belle Isle Confederate Prison in Richmond; 12 deceased prisoners of war from a trench at the Rocketts Landing; 388 (all known but 18) from Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond; and remains from the Cold Harbor and Seven Pines battlefields, as well as from locations in Chesterfield and Hanover Counties. Some seventy different locations within a maximum distance of 25 miles of the cemetery site were searched in order that Union dead might be accorded honored burial in a national cemetery.
December 11, 2009
Wreaths Across America at Richmond National Cemetery
Wreaths Across America, a program to distribute Christmas wreaths to the graves of Armed Forces Veterans across the country, gets local on Saturday with a ceremony at the Richmond National Cemetery (PDF) on Williamsburg Road. Hundreds of volunteers, including a contingent from Franklin Military Academy, will be on hand to put the wreaths in place.
April 28, 2008
Historic Photos of Richmond
There are more than a few great books covering specific facets of Richmond’s history. The recent Historic Photos of Richmond “captures this city’s journey through still photography selected from the finest archives” with a well-selected set of photos from the 1860s to the 1960s.
August 23, 2007
Richmond National Cemetery
I put up some photos from Richmond National Cemetery from today. I’ve added the pictures to the Fulton and Montrose Flickr pool, too.
