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Ivy Hill Cemetery (Alexandria, Virginia)

Cemetery in Alexandria, Virginia, US

Ivy Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in the Rosemont Historic District of Alexandria, Virginia, United States.

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Burials began at the site in , when it was a family cemetery, and it received a charter as a community cemetery in [1] The adjoining residential neighborhood was developed beginning in as a streetcar suburb of Washington, D.C., as trolley lines of the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon railway extended from Alexandria's nearby Union Station (opened ).[2] The cemetery is now known for its rare and protected flora and fauna.[3]

Notable burials

  • Judge Albert Vickers Bryan[4]
  • Congressman Charles Creighton Carlin[4]
  • Catharine Carter Critcher, painter, daughter of John Critcher[4]
  • Congressman John Critcher
  • Bryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of Cameron[4]
  • Charles M.

    Goodman, acclaimed modernist architect

  • Fairfax Harrison, railroad magnate[4]
  • Vola Lawson, first female city manager of Alexandria
  • Benjamin Franklin Stringfellow,[4] infamous Confederate spy
  • Nicholas Trist[5]
  • Wernher von Braun, aerospace engineer and space flight pioneer[6]
  • Harry H.

    Vaughan, military aide to President Harry S. Truman[4]

  • Amelita Ward[7]
  • Descendants of the Washington family

References

  1. ^"Ivy Hill Cemetery". . Ivy Hill Cemetery.
  2. ^"Alexandria (particularly section 8 pp.

    44–46"(PDF).

  3. ^"Ivy Hill Cemetery Historical Preservation Society – Alexandria, VA – Visit Alexandria, Virginia".

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  4. ^ abcdefgIvy Hill Cemetery Company
  5. ^Sec. B, lot 42, site 5, Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, VA., Wilson, Scott.

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  6. ^Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, VA., Wilson, Scott.

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    12. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14, Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Location ). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.

  12. ^Sec. 31, lot 8, site 1, Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, VA., Wilson, Scott.

    Wernher von braun biography nasa Retrieved 15 May Later in , Erich Warsitz was seconded by the RLM to von Braun and Heinkel, because he had been recognized as one of the most experienced test pilots of the time, and because he also had an extraordinary fund of technical knowledge. The desk from which he guided America's entry in the Space Race remains on display there. Huntsville and NASA [ change change source ].

    Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14, Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Location ). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.

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