Английская Википедия:Cedar Hill Cemetery (Suitland, Maryland)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox cemetery Cedar Hill Cemetery, previously known as Forest Lake Cemetery, and also formerly Nonesuch Plantation, is a cemetery located in Suitland, Maryland.[1]

History

Following a series of land purchases starting in 1890, Forest Lake Cemetery was chartered and opened in 1895, but by 1913 few bodies were buried there.[1]

In 1913, after going bankrupt in the wake of a failed 1908 sale to a developer, Шаблон:Convert of the Шаблон:Convert Forest Lake Cemetery were sold to form the Cedar Hill Cemetery.[2][3]

Over time, the cemetery was expanded, and it is now over Шаблон:Convert in size. The oldest tombstone reads "Philenia W. Patte, Nov. 19, 1871, 58 years".Шаблон:Citation needed

From 1936 to 1938, Dionicio Rodriguez, a Mexican builder and artist, built six pieces in concrete at Cedar Hill, most using a faux bois technique to make them resemble wood. He built two footbridges, a bench, a table in a pergola, a hollow "tree trunk", and an Annie Laurie Wishing Chair, also in a pergola.[4]

Notable interments

The cemetery has a mass grave for the victims of the Terra Cotta Railroad wreck.Шаблон:Citation needed

References

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