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Restoration and repair of monuments and fences by conservator Robert Mosko and his team of interns have

continued at a steady pace during 2012. All Phase I work in and around Presidents Circle has been nearly completed with a total of 326 monuments and 47 historic iron fences addressed in this initial phase. The installation of a newly recast Palmer fence and the reassembly of the ornate Nase family monument aretheonlyremainingincompletePhaseItasks.These,too,will soon be completed.

Atthepresenttime,PhaseIIofHollywood’smulti-phaserestoration project is well underway. This second phase will address damage and deterioration in the oldest and most historic sectionsofthecemetery.Atotalof1,402monumentsand81fencesareincludedinthescopeofPhaseII.Todate,workhasbeen completed on 312 monuments and 51 fences.

Inadditiontoextensiverestorationprojects,Friendshavecontinued in 2012 to showcase Hollywood through numerous initiativessuchasspecialevents,tours,andnetworkingopportunities with other organizations. For example:

•JohnO.PeterspaidanothervisittoHollywoodonasweltering April Sunday to speak to a faithful audience about the cemetery. His most recent book – Richmond’s Hollywood Cemetery – has been enthusiastically received. Guided tours followedPeters’talkandbooksigning.

•Overonehundredstrong,membersoftheChurchofJesusChristoftheLatter-daySaintsspentavolunteerdayintheCemeteryinAprilpullingivy,pickingupdebris,andremovingdead limbs. Many additional volunteer hours were provided by thePhiKappaSigma,PiKappaAlpha,andTriangleFraternitiesatVirginiaCommonwealthUniversity.

•Afteramanydecades’absencefromtheRichmondscene,Friends sponsored a Hollywood family picnic on May 20. The

turnout of 150 individuals was entertained with guided tours aboardtrolleys,GoodHumoricecream,andbluegrassmusicbytheOakLaneBand.

•ComplementingFriends’sponsoredtoursthroughouttheyear,theValentineRichmondHistoryCenterhasconductedfour themed walking tours of the cemetery in addition to its increasingly popular cemetery overview tours. Interest in Hollywood guided tours has spiked this year with thousands of visitors choosing this option. And school children visits continue at a steady pace.

•Onceagainthisyear,inthespringandearlysummer,thecemeterywasthesiteofceremonieshonoringHollywood’sformerU.S.PresidentsJamesMonroeandJohnTyler;formerPresidentoftheConfederacyJeffersonDavis;GeneralJ.E.B.Stuart;andnumerousothers.

•InAugust,Hollywoodwas honored to be selected by the readers of Richmond Magazineasthe“BestHistoric Site” in the city. The cemetery finished in secondplacefor“BestScenicView”inRichmond.

•InOctober,theBoxwoodGarden Club held its fall meeting in the Palmer Chapel and was treated to a presentation by Dr. Hunter McGuire,Jr.,followedbyatour of Presidents Circle.

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2012 Contributors

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Officers andDirectors

Hollywood’s 164th Year

2012 Sees Continued Restoration and Outreach

Richmond from Hollywood. Engraving image courtesy of the Virginia Historical Society

FRIENDS OF HOLLYWOOD FALL 2012

For Former U.S. Presidents

WREATH-LAYING CEREMONIESEachyear,ontheanniversaryoftheirbirthdates,

the sitting President of the United States honors the memoryandlegacyofourcounty’sformerPresidentsbyaformalmilitarywreath-layingceremony.

Inthespringoftheyear,twosuchceremoniestakeplaceat Hollywood Cemetery. They honor our fifth and tenth Presidents,JamesMonroe(bornApril28,1758)andJohnTyler(bornMarch29.1790).Hollywoodisoneofjustthree cemeteries in the country in which two Presidents of the United States are interred.

JohnTylerwasnominatedastheWhigParty’svicepresidentialcandidatein1840andranwithWilliamHenryHarrison,alsoofCharlesCity,Virginia,underthemuchtrumpetedcampaignslogan“TippecanoeandTyler,Too.” Tyler was thrust into the Presidency one month into Harrison’stermwhenthePresidentdiedfrompneumoniaonApril4,1841.

OnMarch29,BrigadierGeneralStephenE.Farmen,Chief of Transportation and the Transportation School at CombinedArmsSupportCommand(CASCOM),Ft.Lee,VirginiadeliveredremarksonbehalfofPresidentBarackObamatofamilymembersofPresidentTyler,friendsandassembled military personnel.

“What is it that causes us to gather here each year in PresidentTyler’shonor?ThemosaicofAmericanhistorycomprises those who gave selflessly of themselves for thebenefitofthecountry,”Farmensaid.“Wecan’tallowourselvestoforgettheirdeeds,forourhistoryprovidesaglimpse of what the future may hold.”

ThirtydaysfollowingtheTylerevent,inasimilarceremonyheldonApril28andonlyafewstepsaway,MajorGeneralJamesL.Hodge,thenCommandingGeneralofCASCOM,FortLee,andSergeantMajorJamesE,Riddick,CASCOM’stopnoncommissionedofficer,placedared,whiteandbluewreathatPresidentMonroe’stombinasimilarceremony.

“Hewasthelastofthe“VirginiaDynasty”andthelastofthe“RevolutionaryFathers”tooccupytheWhiteHouse,”GeneralHodgeremarked.“Inhislifetime,PresidentMonroe contributed immeasurably to the building of thisnation,andheestablishedaremarkablerecordofservice to the citizens of America.” Monroe was born in WestmorelandCounty,Virginia,andonChristmasEve,1776,ateighteenyearsofage,crossedtheDelawarewithGeneral George Washington.


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Dr.andMrs.FrankL.RawlingJr.Dr. Gaylord W. RayMr.andMrs.CharlesL.ReedJr.Dr. and Mrs. P. Larus Reed IIIMr. C. Edward Richardson IIIMrs.JulianeM.RileyMr. and Mrs. Thomas A. RiopelleMr.FieldI.RobertsonJr.Mr. and Mrs. N. Pendleton RogersMr.EdwinM.RuckerJr.CDR.JamesC.Ruehrmund(Ret.)Mr. Raymond A. RuthMrs.CalvinSatterfieldIIIMr. Lee SchulteMr. and Mrs. Edward A. SchuttMrs. Elizabeth P. ScottSegway of RichmondMr*. and Mrs. Rankjit SenMr.andMrs.WilliamR.ShandsJr.Mr. Howard W. ShieldsMr.RobertH.Shultz,Jr.Mr. Thomas A. SilvestriMrs. Sarah S. SinsabaughMr.andMrs.JackC.SlagleMr. and Mrs. Anthony P. SmithMrs. Rosemary T. SmithMrs. Schuyler O. SneedMr. and Mrs. William H. SniderMrs. Mary L. SoukupMr.andMrs.JackH.SpainJr.Mr. and Mrs. William H. SparrowSt.John’sChurchFoundationMrs. Ursula F. StalkerStarBriteEnterprisesIncMrs. Hazeltine P. StrotherMr.andMrs.JamesE.B.StuartJr.Mrs. Mary N. SutherlandMrs. Ruth W. TaylorDr.andMrs.LawrenceB.TentorMr.andMrs.WalterTeStrakeJr.Dr.JamesA.ThompsonIIIMr. and Mrs. Matthew G. ThompsonGeorgeN.ThriftMD,Trust

Mr. F. Carlyle TillerMrs. Tammy M. E. TiltmanMr.andMrs.JamesL.TompkinsMrs. Mary L. TompkinsMrs.ZachTomsJr.Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. ToneyTredegar Corporation Matching Gifts ProgramTuckahoe Garden Club of WesthamptonJudgeJohnRandolphTuckerJr.Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. TurnbullMr. Halcott Mebane TurnerMr.JosephV.TurnerIIIMrs.MargueriteB.TurnerMrs.LynneC.ValentineMr.andMrs.GranvilleG.ValentineIIIMr.andMrs.HubertP.VanHornMr.andMrs.RobertJ.VanSickleVanYahresAssociatesVarinaHighSchoolVineyardProductions,LLCMrs. George R. WagonerMr. and Mrs. Gordon W. WallaceMs. Sandra E. WallerMrs. Frances M. WallerMrs. Mary P. WareMr.andMrs.HarryJ.WarthenIIIMr. Ten Eyck T. WellfordMr.JayLairdWelliverMr.andMrs.JackWestMr.RalphC.WhiteJr.Mrs. Raymond H. WhitneyMrs. Kathy WhittingtonDr.andMrs.JamesR.WickhamDr. and Mrs. Peter T. WilbanksMr. Carrington C. WilkersonMrs. Hilda L. WilliamsMr.andMrs.FieldingL.WilliamsJr.Mr.RobertG.WillisJr.Mrs.VirginiaL.WilsonDr. and Mrs. Charles P. WinklerMr.andMrs.SamuelB.WittIII

George Stuart Woodson TrustMrs.MichaelB.WrayDr. R. Lewis WrightMrs. Mildred WysongDr.HenryYanceyJr.Mr. and Mrs. David Lee Zorn

* Deceased

Corporations, Foundations and OrganizationsAltria Matching Gifts ProgramBankofAmericaMatchingGiftsProgramTheBeirneCarterFoundationTheBiscuitFactoryBristol-MyersSquibbFoundationOverton and Katharine Dennis FoundationDominion and the Dominion FoundationFriendsatFirstBaptistChurchGE FoundationGenworth FoundationTheHermitageatCedarfieldHistoric Richmond FoundationHollywood Cemetery CompanyThe Linhart FoundationPfizerFoundationMatchingGifts ProgramRichard S. Reynolds FoundationTheWilliamH.,JohnG.,and Emma Scott FoundationSegway of RichmondStarBriteEnterprises,IncThe Triangle FraternityTredegar Corporation Matching Gifts ProgramTuckahoe Garden Club of WesthamptonValentineRichmondHistoryCenterVanYahresAssociatesVarinaHighSchoolVineyardProductions,LLCVirginiaSargeantReynoldsFoundation

Gifts In-KindMr.E.L.ButterworthTheChurchofJesusChristofLatter-daySaintsDelta Upsilon Chapter of Phi Kappa SigmaFraternityatVCUConnieHilker,HartwoodRosesHollywood Cemetery CompanyLambda Chi Chapter of Pi Kappa AlphaFraternityatVCUDr.HunterH.McGuire,Jr.Mr.JohnO.PetersSegway of RichmondTheTriangleFraternityatVCUValentineRichmondHistoryCenter

Brig. Gen. Stephen E. Farmen, Chief of Transportation, and Command Sgt. Maj. Allen B. Offord Jr., Transportation Corps regimental command sergeant major, salute for the playing of taps at the Match 29th ceremony for former President Tyler

An honor guard stands at attention prior to the placement of a wreath for former President Tyler

The 1847 SocietyLeaders for preservation of Hollywood Cemetery

Annual Giving Levels

Presidents Circle for Gifts of $25,000+ Founders Circle for Gifts of $10,000 to $24,999

Heritage Circle for Gifts of $5,000 to $9,999

Hollywood Circle for Gifts of $2,500 to $4,999

Ivy Circle for Gifts of $1,000 to $2,499

We invite you to join the 1847 Society and continue the ongoingrestoration and preservation of Hollywood Cemetery.

2012-2013Officers and Directors

Friends of Hollywood Cemetery

Mary Hoge Anderson – ChairDavid L. Gilliam – Secretary

Peter C. Toms – Treasurer

Mary Hoge AndersonMaryLynnBayliss,PhD

William R. ClaiborneEdwardM.Farley,IVMatthewD.Jenkins

Peter C. TomsFieldingL.Williams,Jr.


Hollywood Cemetery Company

MatthewD.Jenkins–PresidentPeterC.Toms–VicePresident

David L. Gilliam – Secretary andGeneral Manager

Woodrow C. Harper – TreasurerMabel E. Toney – Assistant

Secretary and Assistant Treasurer

MaryLynnBayliss,Ph.D.EdwardM.Farley,IVMatthewD.Jenkins

ElizabethCabellJenningsNelsonD.Lankford,Ph.D.

E.BrysonPowellEvelina M. ScottFred T. Tattersall


Administrative StaffHollywood Cemetery Company

David L. Gilliam – General Manager

Woodrow C. Harper – Assistant General Manager

Mabel E. Toney – Administrative Assistant

KellyJonesWilbanks–DirectorofDevelopment,FriendsGifts and Contributions received

after November 15, 2012, will be acknowledged in the next edition

of the Newsletter

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Overthecourseofmanyyears,theOfficeoftheMilitary Assistant to the President in the White House has coordinated the annual placement of wreaths. Responsibility of that Office is formalized in Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The Code alsoincludes“thePresident’sApprovedWreathList”containingthename,birthdate,andburialplaceofeachofourthirty-eightdeceasedPresidents,aswellasthebranch of the military responsible for each ceremony.

The Army is responsible for the execution of the annual MonroeandTylerceremoniesatHollywood,aswellasceremonies for all other deceased Presidents across the country.TheU.S.Navy,MarineCorpsandAirForcehave responsibility for the remaining ceremonies. The only President for whom two ceremonies are performed is Abraham Lincoln. One ceremony is held at the LincolnMemorialinWashington,D.C.andtheotherinSpringfield,Illinois.

Little is left to chance regarding the ceremonies. The participants,agenda,andmilitarydecorumforArmy-conducted ceremonies are described in detail in Army

Regulations.TheCodeofFederalRegulationsrequiresthatthePresident’sdesignatedrepresentativeateachceremonybeapprovedbythePresident’sMilitaryAssistant and be a dignitary of general or flag rank. Thewreathoffreshflowers,arrangedforbytheMilitaryAssistant,isessentiallyidenticalinsizeandcolor for all ceremonies.

Whilepatrioticorganizations,presidentialsocieties,andgroupssuchastheBoyandGirlScoutsofAmericaareofteninattendanceatwreath-layingceremonies,somehavingaprogramrole,theultimateresponsibilityforexecuting the ceremonial events rests with the assigned military service branch.

Certain information and photographs appearing in this article have been generously provided by the Office of CASCOM Public Affairs and Office of Public Affairs and Community Relations, Fort Lee, Virginia.

The 1847 SocietyPresidents CircleThe Kathryn Walker Revocable TrustTheWilliamH.,JohnG.,and Emma Scott Foundation

Founders CircleS.W. Massie Charitable TrustMr.andMrs.WilliamM.MassieJr.Richard S. Reynolds Foundation

Heritage CircleOverton and Katharine Dennis FoundationDominion and the Dominion FoundationVirginiaSargeantReynoldsFoundationAnne W. Taylor Trust

Hollywood CircleMr.andMrs.EdwardM.FarleyIV

Ivy CircleDrs.J.T.andM.L.BaylissMrs.MargaretP.BemissMr.andMrs.AustinBrockenbroughIIIMrs.FrankV.FowlkesMrs.JeanWiltshireLaneDr. and Mrs.* Nelson D. LankfordMr.andMrs.E.BrysonPowellMr.JosephA.RamageMr.andMrs.JohnC.ReedMr.JamesS.WatkinsonMrs. Carol G. White

Sustainers ($500-$999)Altria Matching Gifts ProgramMrs.FredericS.BocockMr.andMrs.LewisT.BookerMr.CharlesBowmanMr.*andMrs.R.HarveyChappellJr.Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. GatesMr. and Mrs. Horace A. Gray IIIMrs.AeliseBrittonGreenMr. and Mrs. Roger H. W. KirbyDr.andMrs.HunterH.McGuireJr.Mr. and Mrs. G. Gilmer Minor IIIMr.andMrs.BeverleyB.MunfordIIIStanley and Dorothy Pauley Charitable TrustMrs. Suzanne C. Pollard

Mrs. William W. ReamsMr. and Mrs. Peter C. TomsMrs. Kathryn G. ThurmanMr.andMrs.JamesM.WellsIII

Patrons (to $499)Mr.andMrs.JohnP.AckerlyIVMr. Max R. AdamMr. and Mrs. William M. AdamsonAnonymous(3)Mrs. Paul W. AllenAltria Matching Gifts ProgramMr. and Mrs. George Wayne AndersonMr. and Mrs. S. Wyndham AndersonMr.andMrs.J.MartinAndersonMr. and Mrs. Edward C. AndersonMr. and Mrs. Thomas D. AndersonBankofAmericaMatchingGifts ProgramMrs.BarbaraH.BaldwinMr.RobertB.BassDr.andMrs.EdwardB.BeirneJr.Mrs.JeriBellTheBiscuitFactoryMr.andMrs.CarlF.BlackwellMr.DonaldBogen*Mrs.MargaretDillonBowlesMr.BowlmanT.BowlesJr.Mr.andMrs.McGuireBoydDr.andMrs.BenP.BradenhamMr.andMrs.JosephB.BrancoliMrs.CarolineY.BrandtMr.andMrs.ArthurS.BrinkleyJr.Bristol-MyersSquibbFoundationMrs.AlexanderG.BrownIIIMr.GeorgeW.BryantJr.Mr.andMrs.RobertC.BrydonMr.andMrs.GeorgeT.BrysonJr.Mr.W.HamiltonBrysonMr.andMrs.WilliamMichauxBuchananMr.andMrs.BryceA.BuggMrs.ArcherC.BurkeMr.A.ChristianBurkeMr.andMrs.AndrewV.CableSr.Mr.LawrenceC.Caldwell,IIIMrs. Dorothy G. CardozoMr.andMrs.RandolphB.CardozoMr.WayneB.CardwellTheBeirneCarterFoundationMiss Emily E. CarterMr.andMrs.RichardH.CatlettJr.Mr. Richard T. CavedoMr. Donald E. CentroneMrs.HildaW.ChafinMr.andMrs.ThomasC.ChappellJr.Mrs.C.C.ChewningJr.Mr. and Mrs. Edwin D. ChildMr. and Mrs. Carter C. ChinnisMrs.StuartG.ChristianJr.Mr. and Mrs. William R. Claiborne

Mrs. William H. ClarkeMrs. Suzanne P. ClossMr. and Mrs. Robert L. CovingtonMr. and Mrs. Walter W. CraigieMr.andMrs.J.RobertCrossMr. and Mrs. William R. CurdtsDr. William L. CurryMrs. Martha O. DavenportMr.andMrs.VictorJ.DavisMrs. Ingrid H. DavisDr.BrigittedelaBurdeMs. Alice DeCampsMr. Samuel DerieuxMr. and Mrs. Richard H DilworthMr. and Mrs. Thomas L. DisharoonMrs. Tanya Parker DolphinMr.andMrs.LeeP.DudleyJr.Mr.andMrs.CharlesE.EberleJr.Mrs. Fred R. EdneyMr. George C. Ely IIMrs.HerbertE.FitzgeraldJr.Mr.G.SlaughterFitz-HughJr.Mr.RobertJ.FlackeMr.andMrs.LewisB.FlinnJr.Mrs.FredC.ForbergJr.Mrs. Dianne ForsytheMrs. Marjorie N. FowlkesMr. and Mrs. Francis Meriwether FowlkesJr.Mr. Richard H. FoxMrs. Marcia C. FrazierFriendsatFirstBaptistChurchMr.andMrs.RichardWilsonGaenzleJr.Mrs. Lucille S. GainesMrs.WilliamC.GarbeeJr.GE FoundationGenworth FoundationMr. Stuart GilchristMr. and Mrs. David L. GilliamMajor General L. H. Ginn IIIMrs.JamesM.GlaveMr. and Mrs. Wellington GoddinMr.andMrs.BruceC.GottwaldMr. Stretton L. GramlichMrs. Martha Anne GreggsMr. Charles L. HagueDr.DanaB.HamelMr. and Mrs. Les and Kennah HarcumMrs. Rosemarie HarterMrs. Shirley E. HatcherDr. and Mrs. Allan HauerMrs. Milton R. Haynes*Mr. and Mrs. Herbert HeltzerDr.andMrs.WalterP.HempflingTheHermitageatCedarfieldMr. and Mrs. Robert E. HillMr. Frank D. Hill IIIMrs.S.WinfieldHillHistoric Richmond FoundationMr.andMrs.J.CameronHogganJr.Hollywood Cemetery Company

Dr.andMrs.J.SheltonHorsleyIIIMr. and Mrs. Robert K. HubermanDr.J.HubertMr. and Mrs. William C. HungerfordMrs.FrancesH.JamesMr.andMrs.JosephA.JenningsIIIMr.andMrs.CharlesM.JohnsonIIIMr.MilesC.JohnstonJr.Mr. and Mrs. Gregory E. KaneMrs.RobertJ.KellerIIIMr.andMrs.JamesA.KellyMr. and Mrs. Robert H. LargeDr.andMrs.WalterLawrenceJr.Mr. Craig LawsonMrs.JohnB.LeonardDr.BarbaraT.LesterThe Linhart FoundationMr. and Mrs. Gene K. LongMiss Teresa LuckertMrs. Frank C. Maloney IIIMr. David H. MasonDr.LockertB.MasonMrs.H.PageMauckJr.Dr. William R. MauckMr.andMrs.CecilR.MaxsonJr.Mr.GeorgeG.McDearmonJr.Mrs. Susan A. McGrathMr. and Mrs. Francis H. McMullenMr. Thomas M. MillerMr.andMrs.WallaceB.MillnerIIIMr.andMrs.CharlesB.MolsterJr.Mr.andMrs.GeorgeV.MoncureJr.Mrs. W. Cabell MooreMr.AndrewT.MooreJr.Mrs. Mary D. MorganMr. and Mrs. Dewey MorrisMrs. Frederica C. MullenMrs.HarrietJ.MurpheyMrs. Helen Turner MurphyMrs.LouiseB.NemecekMrs. Susan A. NewtonMrs.JackieNoelMr. Davis Eugene NormanMr. Charles NorrisMr. Frank NorvellMrs.St.JulianOppenhimerMrs. Henry W. OppenhimerMrs. Hugh W. OwensMr.andMrs.JohnM.PaceMrs. H. Merrill PascoMr.andMrs.JohnM.PaynePfizerFoundationMatchingGifts ProgramMs. Donna Potter PhillipsMrs.RobertN.PollardJr.Mrs.JaneD.PowellMrs. Gwynn C. PrideauxMrs.JohnB.PurcellMr.andMrs.RussellL.RabbJr.Mr.andMrs.JohnRamosMs. Elizabeth D. Rawles

2012 Contributors ToFriends of Hollywood Cemetery

We are indeed grateful to the following donors for their generous support of Friends in 2012. You have enabled us to continue vital monument and fence restoration. Thank you for helping us to preserve Hollywood Cemetery for generations to come.

Mary Hoge AndersonChair, Friends of Hollywood Cemetery

Maj. Gen. James L. Hodge, former Combined Arms Support Command commanding general, and Command Sgt. Maj. James E. Riddick, CASCOM’s command sergeant major, render honors to former President Monroe on April 28

President Obama’s wreath honoring former President Monroe

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Finally,Friendsisverypleasedthattwonewmembershave joined its board the during the year – Mary Lynn Bayliss and William R. Claiborne.LynnBayliss,agraduateofMountHolyokeCollege,earnedherdoctorate from the University of Tennessee. She writes andlecturesabouthistoricalVirginiafigures.LynnisalsoamemberoftheHollywoodCemeteryBoard.

BillyClaiborne,anativeofRichmond,graduatedfrom Woodberry Forest School and the University of Virginia.Hewillsoonbeatwenty-yearveteranofLoweBrockenbrough&Companywhereheholdstheposition of Managing Director and Portfolio Manager. BillyhasservedontheboardofdirectorsoftheMaymont and Westminster Canterbury Foundations.

The 392nd Army Band from Fort Lee, Va., provides musical accompaniment during the ceremony for former President Monroe

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2012 Images

Numerous Events Draw Visitors to Hollywoodcompany,encouragedRichmond’swomentoorganizeasociety to preserve the graves of the Confederate dead. On 3May1865,200womenconvenedatalocalchurchandformed the Hollywood Memorial Association of the Ladies of Richmond to raise money to maintain the graves of the South’sfallensoldiers.In1867,theAssociationdecidedtofundtheconstructionofafittingmemorialintheSoldiers’Section and chose a design by local architect/engineer Charles H.Dimmock—adramatic,ninety-footpyramidmadeoflargegraniteblocks.Completedin1869,themonumentbearsLatininscriptions that translate: “In eternal memory of those who stoodforGodandCountry.”Intheearly1870s,theAssociationundertook another mission—to have the bodies of all of the ConfederatedeadthatremainedatthebattlefieldsaroundGettysburgbroughttoHollywoodforproperburial.Ultimately,2,935soldiersfromGettysburgwerereinterredatHollywoodCemetery.Evenasdecadespassed,theCivilWarcontinuedto impact Hollywood Cemetery as Confederate veterans were buriedinitsgrounds,wellintothetwentiethcentury.Visitorscametofindthegravesofancestorswhodiedintheconflictandpaytributetothedead.Andtothisday,“thesoundofcannonandriflesalutesreverberatefrequentlythroughoutthegrounds.”16

Outdoor Museum

Overtime,gardencemeteriesbecame,inpart,outdoormuseums that provided the general public access to sculpture and sometimes provided lessons on history and biography. AtHollywood,twoparticularlynoteworthyexamplesofmonumental sculpture relate to the Civil War and stand over the gravesofJeffersonDavis,formerPresidentoftheConfederacy,andhisdaughter,VarinaAnne.In1893,DaviswasburiedinHollywoodafterbrieflyrestinginMetairieCemeteryinNewOrleansafterhisdeathin1889.Beforetheendofthecentury,the Hollywood Cemetery company erected a bronze statue designedbysculptorGeorgeJulianZolnaythatdepictedadignifiedDavisdressedashewaswhencapturedbyUniontroopsattheendoftheCivilWar.Zolnay,aHungariannativewhohadrecentlyimmigratedtotheUnitedStates,quicklygained recognition as a superior sculptor and won commissions to design busts of many famous Americans. For the cemetery company,Zolnayalsocompletedaseven-footCarraramarblestatueofaseatedangelofgriefhonoringDavis’sdaughterwhowasbornin1864attheheightoftheCivilWarandwasknownas the “Daughter of the Confederacy.”17

Sinceitsfounding,HollywoodCemeteryhasservedthecity of Richmond as a pastoral “sleeping place” for its dead and as an important cultural institution for its citizens. For over 160years,Hollywoodhasofferedasafeanddignifiedplaceforburialsremovedfromthenoiseandconfinesofthecity.Featuringthepicturesqueelementstypicaloftheruralcemetery

movement,ithasenticedvisitorstofindsolaceandenjoymentwithinitsboundaries.Today,Hollywoodremainsanactivecemetery and continues to welcome visitors to enjoy its striking scenery,itsmemorialmonuments,anditsrichhistoryconveyedin stone.

James R. Cothran,FASLA,wasalandscapearchitect,urbanplanner,andgardenhistorianinAtlanta,Georgia.Heauthored Gardens of Historic Charleston, Gardens and Historic Plants of the Antebellum South, and Charleston Gardens and the Landscape Legacy of Loutrel Briggs. Cothran passedawayJanuary29,2012. Erica DanylchakservesastheExecutiveDirectoroftheBuckheadHeritageSocietyinAtlanta,Georgia.SheearnedaB.A.inHistoryfromBostonUniversity and a Master of Heritage Preservation degree from Georgia State University. ThisarticlefirstappearedintheWinter2012issueofMagnolia,apublicationoftheSouthernGardenHistorySociety,andisreprintedwiththeSociety’spermission.ThearticleisanexcerptfromtheunfinishedmanuscriptofNineteenth Century Garden Cemeteries and the Rural Cemetery Movement. DanylchakplanstocompletethebookinCothran’smemory.

Endnotes1 MaryH.Mitchell,Hollywood Cemetery: The History of a Southern Shrine(Richmond:Libraryof Richmond,1999),7-10.2 Ibid.,7.3 “Holly-WoodCemetery,”Richmond Enquirer, June12,1849.4 WilliamCullenBryantandOliverBellBunce, Picturesque America or the Land We Live In(New York:D.Appleton&Co,1872),1:73.5 ConstanceM.Greiff,John Notman, Architect,1810- 1865(Philadelphia:AthenaeumofPhiladelphia, 1979),16-18.6 KeithN.Morgan,“TheemergenceoftheAmerican landscapeprofessional:JohnNotmanandthedesign ofruralcemeteries,”Journal of Garden History4,no. 3(1984):281.7 Greiff,142.8 Ibid.,143-45.9 JohnF.Sears,Sacred Places: American Tourist Attractions in the Nineteenth Century(Amherst: UniversityofMassachusettsPress,1989),100-104.10 Mitchell,79.11 Bryant,73.12 Mitchell,4.13 JohnFrancisMarion,“HollywoodCemetery,”in Famous and Curious Cemeteries: A Pictorial, Historical, and Anecdotal View of American and European Cemeteries and the Famous and Infamous People Who Are Buried There(NewYork:Crown Publishers,1977),167.14 JohnO.Peters,Richmond’s Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond,VA:ValentineRichmondHistoryCenter, 2010),46-55.15 Ibid.,55-70.16 Ibid.,64.17 Mitchell,120-121.

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[1] John O. Peters, retired lawyer and author of Richmond’s Hollywood Cemetery, speaks about the cemetery and his recent book at Presidents Circle. [2] Hundreds gather amidst wreaths and flags to celebrate the 204th birthday anniversary of Former President of the Confederacy Jefferson F. Davis on June 2. [3, 4 & 5] Over a hundred adults and young people from the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints gathered for a day of “clean-up, fix-up.” [6] Boxwood Garden Club President Cathy Lee greets club members in the Palmer Chapel at the club’s fall meeting. [7] Da-vid Gilliam, Hollywood Cemetery General Manager, explains recent restoration and development work at Presidents Circle. [8] Boxwood members Jil Harris (left) and Ashley Farley.

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Inthemid-nineteenthcentury,gardencemeteriesbecamearetreatforthelivingfromincreasinglydense,disorderly,anddreary urban environments created by the Industrial Revolution. Cemeteries became natural sanctuaries that reminded city dwellers—albeit in an idealized way—of the rural environments they had once known and enjoyed. Although easilyreachedbycarriageorstreetcar,gardencemeterieswerelocatedfarenoughfromcitiestoofferaquietrefugefromtheincessantnoiseofthecity’sbustlingstreetsandcommercial/industrial establishments. Garden cemeteries offered urbanites a reprieve from the visual monotony and inhospitable landscape ofthecity.Meanwhile,marblemonumentsandgravemarkers,acommonfeatureingardencemeteries,providedvisitorswithsymbols of hope and immortality that helped lessen the fear of death by promoting the idea of a peaceful afterlife.9

Hollywood --A Visitor Destination

Bythemid-1850s,HollywoodCemeterywasbecomingapopular attraction for the public and the city of Richmond beganoperatinganomnibusline,aprecursoroftheAmericantrolley,tothecemeteryeveryafternoontomakethegroundsaccessibletovisitors.Bythelate1860s,accesswasmadeeveneasierbytheextensionofastreetcartothecemetery’snortherngate.In1871,theRichmond Whig,alocalnewspaper,reportedthat Hollywood had “become of late the favorite and almost the onlyresortofourpeople,aswellasforthepleasuresofpureairandrefreshingscenery,asforthelovethatisfeltforthespotwherethelostonesofthefamilyarelaid.”Thefollowingyear,Hollywood was featured in Picturesque America,atwovolumesetofbookseditedbyWilliamCullenBryant,whichdescribedAmerica’ssceneryandpropelledAmericanstoexplorethenatural beauty the country offered. It provided romantic descriptionsofAmerica’smostcelebratedgardencemeteriesincluding:MountAuburn,LaurelHill,Greenwood,Magnolia,andHollywood.InregardstoHollywoodCemetery,itnoted:

Farawayfromthenoisesofcity-life,curtainedby Naturewiththeluxuriantfoliageoftreeandflower,and presenting at every turn of hill and dell patches of beautywhichartcannotimprove,thereisperhapsno spot in America more suggestive of the solemn associations that attach to the sacred circle of the dead . . . and all around the spacious grounds shafts and cenotaphs are reared to pay the tribute of the living to thosewhohave‘gonebefore.’11

Monuments to the famous drew large crowds to Hollywood. In1858,formerPresidentJamesMonroewasremovedfroma cemetery in Manhattan and reinterred in Hollywood on the hundredthanniversaryofhisbirth,aftertheVirginiaGeneralAssemblyhadconvincedMonroe’sdescendantsthatheshouldrestinhisnativestate.AccordingtoMaryH.Mitchell’sdefinitivehistoryofHollywoodCemetery,Monroe’sinterment“gavethecemeterylastingprestige,nottomentionaprimetouristattraction,andensuredthatthecitizensofRichmondwouldtakegreaterprideinthebuddingnecropolis.”In1862,formerPresidentJohnTylerwasburiedinHollywoodwithin

viewofMonroe’splot.Hollywoodhastheunusualdistinctionofbeingtheonlycemetery,otherthanArlington,thathastwoUnited States presidents buried there.13

FromJune1861toApril1865,RichmondservedastheCapitaloftheConfederacy.Notonlydidthisgreatlyexpandthecity’spopulation,butalsoplacedtremendousdemandsonthecity’sphysical and economic resources as well. While Hollywood Cemetery was originally conceived as a burial ground for residentsofthecity,withtheadventoftheCivilWar,itsoonhad to accommodate Confederate casualties resulting from battlesandskirmishesintheregion.By30April1862,739ConfederatesoldiershadbeenburiedintheSoldiers’SectionofHollywoodCemetery,andbytheendofthewarmorethan11,000soldiershadbeeninterredinthecemetery’sgrounds.14

The Impact ofthe Civil War

Overwhelmed by the maintenance responsibility for so many graves,Hollywood’scemeterycompanyreachedouttothecommunityforhelp.Withinamonthoftheendofhostilities,ThomasHardingEllis,thePresidentofthecemetery


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Women and children by Confederate Pyramid, Memorial Day, early 1890s.

DVD Captures McGuire Stories of HollywoodDuringthespringandsummerofthisyear,Dr.Hunter

McGuire,Jr.,retiredsurgeonandformerHollywoodboardmember,revisitedsomeofhismostfavoritesightswithin the cemetery.

Overtheyears,McGuirehasbecomeoneofHollywood’smost accomplished historians. He has an encyclopedic knowledgeofitsresidents,monuments,sculptureandwroughtiron and has shared his repertoire of entertaining stories with manygroups,individuals,familyandfriends.Hisearliestrecollections date to strolls through Hollywood as a boy with his mother following church on Sundays.

WhatmadeMcGuire’smostrecentvisitsdifferentfromalltheotherswashistalentedcompanion--Richmondvideographer,ReidAttaway(VideoWorksofVirginia,Inc.).Attaway,whowasengagedbyFriendsofHollywood,andMcGuirespentendlesshoursdrivingfromsighttosight--Attawayfilmingand McGuire demonstrating his skills as a raconteur.

After the assembling of extensive supporting images as well asconsiderableediting,atwenty-sevenminuteDVDhasbeen produced. McGuire provides an interesting vignette

about each of his subjects. He debunks the widely held belief thatHollywoodis“anexclusiverefuge.”Instead,heassertsand then proves that it is the resting place of “a great variety ofcharacters–writers,teachers,philanthropists,herosandheroines,somegood,somescoundrels–whohavemadehugeimpactsonlifeinVirginia.ItisRichmond’slargestandmostdiverse cemetery.”

Speakingoftheproject,Attawayrecallsthatasalife-longRichmondresident,hehadalwaysregardedHollywoodas“animportantlandmark.”ButwhileworkingwithDr.McGuire,he has discovered that Hollywood “contains an enormous historicalthread.Thereisaremarkablenarrativethere,particularly when told by someone as knowledgeable as Dr. McGuire.”

CopiesoftheMcGuireDVDwillbeavailableforpurchaseintheCemeteryOfficesinearlyDecember.ProceedsfromDVDsales will be used to support the continuing restoration and conservationofHollywoodbegunbyFriendsin2008.

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[9] The Oak Lane Band entertains picnickers on May 20. Left to Right: Massie Valentine, Jr., Liz Nance, Andy Smith, Russell Lawson, and Bill Hardy. [10 & 11] Open air trolley tours were enjoyed by all ages. For many young fry, this was their first picnic in a “graveyard.” [12] Even this four-legged picnicker found the weather and surroundings “awesome.” [13] Veteran tour guide E. L. Butterworth was on hand to narrate tours and answer questions.


Hollywood Cemetery: A Quintessential Garden Cemeteryofthe19th Century

By: James R. Cothran and Erica DanylchakAtlanta, Georgia

TheruralcemeterymovementinAmericabeganin1831withthedevelopmentofMountAuburnCemetery(located

afewmilesoutsideofBostoninCambridge,Massachusetts)andcontinueduntilcirca1885.Duringthisbrieffiftyyeartimeperiod,severalhundredgardencemeteriesweredevelopedacrossthecountryinresponsetoavarietyofsanitary,social,and cultural conditions. While garden cemeteries were initially developedoutsidelargenortheasternmetropolitanareas,suchasBoston,NewYork,Philadelphia,andBaltimore,bymid-century notable examples could be found in cities and towns acrosstheUnitedStates—intheSouth,Midwest,andasfaraway as California. GreatlyinfluencedbyEnglishlandscapedesignprinciplesoftheeighteenthcentury,andmodeledafterthenewlydevelopedpicturesquecemetery,PèreLachaise(1804)inParis,gardencemeteries were characterized by a variety of distinctive landscape features including: winding carriageways and footpaths,sinuouslakes,meanderingstreams,andstatelytrees. Often built along rivers or streams on hilly sites with spectacularviewsandvistas,gardencemeterieswereinsharpcontrast to the crowded churchyards and barren burial grounds of earlier times. Not only did the development of garden cemeteriesinfluencethetasteoftheAmericanpublicinthenineteenthcentury,butitalsocreatedaheightenedawarenessofscenicbeautyandtheconsolingbenefitsofnature.Inadditiontoservingaspicturesqueburialgrounds,gardencemeteriesalsobenefitedthegeneralpublicasopenspaceforpassiverecreationand,overtime,influencedthedevelopmentof the American park movement. Ofallthegardencemeteriesdevelopedinthesoutheast,HollywoodCemeteryinRichmond,Virginia,isperhapsthemostsignificant,bothintermsofsizeandhistory.OriginallynamedMountVernonCemetery,HollywoodwasfirstconceivedaftertwoofRichmond’smostprominentbusinessleaders,JoshuaJeffersonFryandWilliamHenryHaxall,visitedMountAuburnCemeteryinCambridge,Massachusetts.Themen returned home determined to develop a similar landscaped cemetery outside of Richmond. Richmond had seen rapid population growth in the early nineteenth century and had experienced crowded and unsanitary burial grounds within theconfinesofthecity.Richmond’sfirstburialground,thechurchyardofSaintJohn’sEpiscopalChurch,hadreacheditscapacityby1821.Toalleviatetheseconditions,thecityhadestablishedShockoeHillCemeteryin1820inthenorthwesternsection of the city. Within thirty years it too became overcrowdedwithapproximately4,500gravessurroundedbyincreased urban development. A patchwork of other private

graveyards could simply not accommodate the growing number of dead in this prosperous city. The relatively new concept of a large,publiccemeteryoutsidetheboundariesofthecitywasatimelysolutionforRichmond’sdilemma.1

A Site Selected-- Harvie’s Woods

In1847,FryandHaxall,alongwithotherinvestors,purchasedaboutforty-twoacresoflandknownasHarvie’sWoods,locatedaboutaquartermilefromthewesternedgeofthecity.Theselectedtractpossessedalloftheprerequisitefeaturesnecessarytocreateapicturesquegardencemetery.PositionedonasteepbluffoverlookingthefallsoftheJamesRiver,thesitefeaturedgentlyrollinghills,amainvalleyrunningnorthandsouthalongtheproperty’seasternedge,andstandsofholly,poplar,elmandotherhardwoodtrees.2Justpriortothecemetery’sdedicationin1848,the Richmond Enquirer proclaimed: “Few Cemeteries possess so charming a variety asHolly-Wood—nobletrees,boldrocks,dashingstreams,darkandwildglens,deepvistas—sucharesomeofthenaturalcharacteristics,whichpointitoutasahallowedgroundforthedead.”3 A later account heralded the striking views and vistas the site offered of the city and river below and painted the following poetic picture:

ThescenefromPresident’sHill,inHollywood,isone thatnevertirestheeye,becauseitembracesapicture which somewhere among its lights and shadows presents featuresthatconstantlyappealtoimaginationandrefined taste. In the great perspective which bounds the horizon the distant hills and forests take new color from the changingclouds;whilenearer—almostatyourfeet— theJamesRiver,brawlingovertherocks,andchanting

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itsperpetualrequiemtothedeadwholiearound,catches fromthesunshineplayingonitsruffledbreast kaleidoscopichues...That,however,whichattractsthe attention of the visitor above all other objects as he viewsthebroadprospect,isthecityitself,withitsbold yet broken outline of roofs and spires. 4

In1848,Hollywood’sBoardofTrusteeschosewell-knownarchitectJohnNotman(1810-1865)todesignthecemetery’slayout.(ItwasNotmanwhosuggestedthatthecemetery’snamebeHolly-Woodbecauseoftheprevalenceofhollytreesonthesite.)AnativeofScotland,NotmanbeganhiscareerasanapprenticeintheofficeofWilliamHenryPlayfair,ahighlyregardedEdinburgharchitect.In1831NotmanimmigratedtoPhiladelphia,wherehelatermetJohnJaySmith,ahorticulturistand the librarian of the Library Company of Philadelphia. Smith5becameaninfluentialsupporterofNotman’sworkandin1835hiredhimtodesignabuildingfortheLibraryCompany.Thefollowingyear,NotmanwonthedesigncompetitionforLaurelHillCemeteryinPhiladelphia,aprojectspearheadedbySmith.AsLaurelHillCemetery’sprestigeandnotoriety grew as the second largest garden cemetery in the UnitedStates,Notmanwassoughtaftertodesignothergardencemeteries,which“cametocomprisenearlyhalfofhisworkasa landscape gardener.”6

A Plan With“Charming Views”

ForHollywoodCemetery,Notmancreatedaplanthatenhancedtheinherentpicturesquequalitiesofthesiteandsimultaneouslyprovidedpracticalsolutionsforissuesofaccess,cost,andfunctionality.Forexample,Notmansitedtheentrancetothecemetery at the northeast corner of the property because it providedaneasyaccesspointfromthecityand,accordingtoNotman,was“themostdesirablepointtogetthefirstglanceof the beautiful variety of hill and valley.”7 Notman also laid out countless winding roads that created numerous burial lots fronting the thoroughfares. The design followed the contours of the existing topography and eluded the site’ssteepestterrain.Thenumerouslotsfronting roadways provided opportunities tomaximizeprofitsfromthesaleofchoice burial lots and allowed carriages easyaccesstomostlotsduringfunerals,which Notman felt was imperative. Meanwhile,thepositionoftheroadsgreatly eliminated the cost of grading andcuttingoftheroadbeds.Notman’scurvilinear circulation system also revealed “charming views” at choice turns intheroadways.Inaddition,Notmanproposedthatthesite’smainvalley,whichwas traversed by a wide stream and two creeks,bethechiefornamentalfeatureof the cemetery since burials were not possible there. A report that accompanied

hisplanforthecemeterycalledforthecreationofanisland,inthemidstofthestream,judiciouslyplantedwithmagnoliasandotherfloweringshrubsandfortheembellishmentofthevalleywith indigenous trees secured from the surrounding woods. Whileneitherplantingplansnorplantlistshavesurvived,Notmanobservedthatinsomeparts,thecemetery“iswellgrowninpoplars,elms,&c.,butiswantingintreesandbushesoflowergrowth.Inordertoformgroupsofthese,Ihavedesired the gardener employed to procure all he could from the naturalwoods,thetreesthatareindigenous,beinginvariablythebesttothrive,andbeornamentalintheplacesdesired.”ForNotman,thevalleyhadthepotentialtobe“ofthemostbeautifuldescription,variedandpleasing.”8



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Women and boys in Hollywood cemetery, early 1870s.

Colorized postcard showing entrance to Hollywood Cemetery.

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Plan of Hollywood Cemetery, from 1852 Elliot & Nye’s Virginia Directory.


Hollywood Cemetery: A Quintessential Garden Cemeteryofthe19th Century

By: James R. Cothran and Erica DanylchakAtlanta, Georgia

TheruralcemeterymovementinAmericabeganin1831withthedevelopmentofMountAuburnCemetery(located

afewmilesoutsideofBostoninCambridge,Massachusetts)andcontinueduntilcirca1885.Duringthisbrieffiftyyeartimeperiod,severalhundredgardencemeteriesweredevelopedacrossthecountryinresponsetoavarietyofsanitary,social,and cultural conditions. While garden cemeteries were initially developedoutsidelargenortheasternmetropolitanareas,suchasBoston,NewYork,Philadelphia,andBaltimore,bymid-century notable examples could be found in cities and towns acrosstheUnitedStates—intheSouth,Midwest,andasfaraway as California. GreatlyinfluencedbyEnglishlandscapedesignprinciplesoftheeighteenthcentury,andmodeledafterthenewlydevelopedpicturesquecemetery,PèreLachaise(1804)inParis,gardencemeteries were characterized by a variety of distinctive landscape features including: winding carriageways and footpaths,sinuouslakes,meanderingstreams,andstatelytrees. Often built along rivers or streams on hilly sites with spectacularviewsandvistas,gardencemeterieswereinsharpcontrast to the crowded churchyards and barren burial grounds of earlier times. Not only did the development of garden cemeteriesinfluencethetasteoftheAmericanpublicinthenineteenthcentury,butitalsocreatedaheightenedawarenessofscenicbeautyandtheconsolingbenefitsofnature.Inadditiontoservingaspicturesqueburialgrounds,gardencemeteriesalsobenefitedthegeneralpublicasopenspaceforpassiverecreationand,overtime,influencedthedevelopmentof the American park movement. Ofallthegardencemeteriesdevelopedinthesoutheast,HollywoodCemeteryinRichmond,Virginia,isperhapsthemostsignificant,bothintermsofsizeandhistory.OriginallynamedMountVernonCemetery,HollywoodwasfirstconceivedaftertwoofRichmond’smostprominentbusinessleaders,JoshuaJeffersonFryandWilliamHenryHaxall,visitedMountAuburnCemeteryinCambridge,Massachusetts.Themen returned home determined to develop a similar landscaped cemetery outside of Richmond. Richmond had seen rapid population growth in the early nineteenth century and had experienced crowded and unsanitary burial grounds within theconfinesofthecity.Richmond’sfirstburialground,thechurchyardofSaintJohn’sEpiscopalChurch,hadreacheditscapacityby1821.Toalleviatetheseconditions,thecityhadestablishedShockoeHillCemeteryin1820inthenorthwesternsection of the city. Within thirty years it too became overcrowdedwithapproximately4,500gravessurroundedbyincreased urban development. A patchwork of other private

graveyards could simply not accommodate the growing number of dead in this prosperous city. The relatively new concept of a large,publiccemeteryoutsidetheboundariesofthecitywasatimelysolutionforRichmond’sdilemma.1

A Site Selected-- Harvie’s Woods

In1847,FryandHaxall,alongwithotherinvestors,purchasedaboutforty-twoacresoflandknownasHarvie’sWoods,locatedaboutaquartermilefromthewesternedgeofthecity.Theselectedtractpossessedalloftheprerequisitefeaturesnecessarytocreateapicturesquegardencemetery.PositionedonasteepbluffoverlookingthefallsoftheJamesRiver,thesitefeaturedgentlyrollinghills,amainvalleyrunningnorthandsouthalongtheproperty’seasternedge,andstandsofholly,poplar,elmandotherhardwoodtrees.2Justpriortothecemetery’sdedicationin1848,the Richmond Enquirer proclaimed: “Few Cemeteries possess so charming a variety asHolly-Wood—nobletrees,boldrocks,dashingstreams,darkandwildglens,deepvistas—sucharesomeofthenaturalcharacteristics,whichpointitoutasahallowedgroundforthedead.”3 A later account heralded the striking views and vistas the site offered of the city and river below and painted the following poetic picture:

ThescenefromPresident’sHill,inHollywood,isone thatnevertirestheeye,becauseitembracesapicture which somewhere among its lights and shadows presents featuresthatconstantlyappealtoimaginationandrefined taste. In the great perspective which bounds the horizon the distant hills and forests take new color from the changingclouds;whilenearer—almostatyourfeet— theJamesRiver,brawlingovertherocks,andchanting

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itsperpetualrequiemtothedeadwholiearound,catches fromthesunshineplayingonitsruffledbreast kaleidoscopichues...That,however,whichattractsthe attention of the visitor above all other objects as he viewsthebroadprospect,isthecityitself,withitsbold yet broken outline of roofs and spires. 4

In1848,Hollywood’sBoardofTrusteeschosewell-knownarchitectJohnNotman(1810-1865)todesignthecemetery’slayout.(ItwasNotmanwhosuggestedthatthecemetery’snamebeHolly-Woodbecauseoftheprevalenceofhollytreesonthesite.)AnativeofScotland,NotmanbeganhiscareerasanapprenticeintheofficeofWilliamHenryPlayfair,ahighlyregardedEdinburgharchitect.In1831NotmanimmigratedtoPhiladelphia,wherehelatermetJohnJaySmith,ahorticulturistand the librarian of the Library Company of Philadelphia. Smith5becameaninfluentialsupporterofNotman’sworkandin1835hiredhimtodesignabuildingfortheLibraryCompany.Thefollowingyear,NotmanwonthedesigncompetitionforLaurelHillCemeteryinPhiladelphia,aprojectspearheadedbySmith.AsLaurelHillCemetery’sprestigeandnotoriety grew as the second largest garden cemetery in the UnitedStates,Notmanwassoughtaftertodesignothergardencemeteries,which“cametocomprisenearlyhalfofhisworkasa landscape gardener.”6

A Plan With“Charming Views”

ForHollywoodCemetery,Notmancreatedaplanthatenhancedtheinherentpicturesquequalitiesofthesiteandsimultaneouslyprovidedpracticalsolutionsforissuesofaccess,cost,andfunctionality.Forexample,Notmansitedtheentrancetothecemetery at the northeast corner of the property because it providedaneasyaccesspointfromthecityand,accordingtoNotman,was“themostdesirablepointtogetthefirstglanceof the beautiful variety of hill and valley.”7 Notman also laid out countless winding roads that created numerous burial lots fronting the thoroughfares. The design followed the contours of the existing topography and eluded the site’ssteepestterrain.Thenumerouslotsfronting roadways provided opportunities tomaximizeprofitsfromthesaleofchoice burial lots and allowed carriages easyaccesstomostlotsduringfunerals,which Notman felt was imperative. Meanwhile,thepositionoftheroadsgreatly eliminated the cost of grading andcuttingoftheroadbeds.Notman’scurvilinear circulation system also revealed “charming views” at choice turns intheroadways.Inaddition,Notmanproposedthatthesite’smainvalley,whichwas traversed by a wide stream and two creeks,bethechiefornamentalfeatureof the cemetery since burials were not possible there. A report that accompanied

hisplanforthecemeterycalledforthecreationofanisland,inthemidstofthestream,judiciouslyplantedwithmagnoliasandotherfloweringshrubsandfortheembellishmentofthevalleywith indigenous trees secured from the surrounding woods. Whileneitherplantingplansnorplantlistshavesurvived,Notmanobservedthatinsomeparts,thecemetery“iswellgrowninpoplars,elms,&c.,butiswantingintreesandbushesoflowergrowth.Inordertoformgroupsofthese,Ihavedesired the gardener employed to procure all he could from the naturalwoods,thetreesthatareindigenous,beinginvariablythebesttothrive,andbeornamentalintheplacesdesired.”ForNotman,thevalleyhadthepotentialtobe“ofthemostbeautifuldescription,variedandpleasing.”8



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Women and boys in Hollywood cemetery, early 1870s.

Colorized postcard showing entrance to Hollywood Cemetery.

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Plan of Hollywood Cemetery, from 1852 Elliot & Nye’s Virginia Directory.

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Inthemid-nineteenthcentury,gardencemeteriesbecamearetreatforthelivingfromincreasinglydense,disorderly,anddreary urban environments created by the Industrial Revolution. Cemeteries became natural sanctuaries that reminded city dwellers—albeit in an idealized way—of the rural environments they had once known and enjoyed. Although easilyreachedbycarriageorstreetcar,gardencemeterieswerelocatedfarenoughfromcitiestoofferaquietrefugefromtheincessantnoiseofthecity’sbustlingstreetsandcommercial/industrial establishments. Garden cemeteries offered urbanites a reprieve from the visual monotony and inhospitable landscape ofthecity.Meanwhile,marblemonumentsandgravemarkers,acommonfeatureingardencemeteries,providedvisitorswithsymbols of hope and immortality that helped lessen the fear of death by promoting the idea of a peaceful afterlife.9

Hollywood --A Visitor Destination

Bythemid-1850s,HollywoodCemeterywasbecomingapopular attraction for the public and the city of Richmond beganoperatinganomnibusline,aprecursoroftheAmericantrolley,tothecemeteryeveryafternoontomakethegroundsaccessibletovisitors.Bythelate1860s,accesswasmadeeveneasierbytheextensionofastreetcartothecemetery’snortherngate.In1871,theRichmond Whig,alocalnewspaper,reportedthat Hollywood had “become of late the favorite and almost the onlyresortofourpeople,aswellasforthepleasuresofpureairandrefreshingscenery,asforthelovethatisfeltforthespotwherethelostonesofthefamilyarelaid.”Thefollowingyear,Hollywood was featured in Picturesque America,atwovolumesetofbookseditedbyWilliamCullenBryant,whichdescribedAmerica’ssceneryandpropelledAmericanstoexplorethenatural beauty the country offered. It provided romantic descriptionsofAmerica’smostcelebratedgardencemeteriesincluding:MountAuburn,LaurelHill,Greenwood,Magnolia,andHollywood.InregardstoHollywoodCemetery,itnoted:

Farawayfromthenoisesofcity-life,curtainedby Naturewiththeluxuriantfoliageoftreeandflower,and presenting at every turn of hill and dell patches of beautywhichartcannotimprove,thereisperhapsno spot in America more suggestive of the solemn associations that attach to the sacred circle of the dead . . . and all around the spacious grounds shafts and cenotaphs are reared to pay the tribute of the living to thosewhohave‘gonebefore.’11

Monuments to the famous drew large crowds to Hollywood. In1858,formerPresidentJamesMonroewasremovedfroma cemetery in Manhattan and reinterred in Hollywood on the hundredthanniversaryofhisbirth,aftertheVirginiaGeneralAssemblyhadconvincedMonroe’sdescendantsthatheshouldrestinhisnativestate.AccordingtoMaryH.Mitchell’sdefinitivehistoryofHollywoodCemetery,Monroe’sinterment“gavethecemeterylastingprestige,nottomentionaprimetouristattraction,andensuredthatthecitizensofRichmondwouldtakegreaterprideinthebuddingnecropolis.”In1862,formerPresidentJohnTylerwasburiedinHollywoodwithin

viewofMonroe’splot.Hollywoodhastheunusualdistinctionofbeingtheonlycemetery,otherthanArlington,thathastwoUnited States presidents buried there.13

FromJune1861toApril1865,RichmondservedastheCapitaloftheConfederacy.Notonlydidthisgreatlyexpandthecity’spopulation,butalsoplacedtremendousdemandsonthecity’sphysical and economic resources as well. While Hollywood Cemetery was originally conceived as a burial ground for residentsofthecity,withtheadventoftheCivilWar,itsoonhad to accommodate Confederate casualties resulting from battlesandskirmishesintheregion.By30April1862,739ConfederatesoldiershadbeenburiedintheSoldiers’SectionofHollywoodCemetery,andbytheendofthewarmorethan11,000soldiershadbeeninterredinthecemetery’sgrounds.14

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Overwhelmed by the maintenance responsibility for so many graves,Hollywood’scemeterycompanyreachedouttothecommunityforhelp.Withinamonthoftheendofhostilities,ThomasHardingEllis,thePresidentofthecemetery



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Women and children by Confederate Pyramid, Memorial Day, early 1890s.

DVD Captures McGuire Stories of HollywoodDuringthespringandsummerofthisyear,Dr.Hunter

McGuire,Jr.,retiredsurgeonandformerHollywoodboardmember,revisitedsomeofhismostfavoritesightswithin the cemetery.

Overtheyears,McGuirehasbecomeoneofHollywood’smost accomplished historians. He has an encyclopedic knowledgeofitsresidents,monuments,sculptureandwroughtiron and has shared his repertoire of entertaining stories with manygroups,individuals,familyandfriends.Hisearliestrecollections date to strolls through Hollywood as a boy with his mother following church on Sundays.

WhatmadeMcGuire’smostrecentvisitsdifferentfromalltheotherswashistalentedcompanion--Richmondvideographer,ReidAttaway(VideoWorksofVirginia,Inc.).Attaway,whowasengagedbyFriendsofHollywood,andMcGuirespentendlesshoursdrivingfromsighttosight--Attawayfilmingand McGuire demonstrating his skills as a raconteur.

After the assembling of extensive supporting images as well asconsiderableediting,atwenty-sevenminuteDVDhasbeen produced. McGuire provides an interesting vignette

about each of his subjects. He debunks the widely held belief thatHollywoodis“anexclusiverefuge.”Instead,heassertsand then proves that it is the resting place of “a great variety ofcharacters–writers,teachers,philanthropists,herosandheroines,somegood,somescoundrels–whohavemadehugeimpactsonlifeinVirginia.ItisRichmond’slargestandmostdiverse cemetery.”

Speakingoftheproject,Attawayrecallsthatasalife-longRichmondresident,hehadalwaysregardedHollywoodas“animportantlandmark.”ButwhileworkingwithDr.McGuire,he has discovered that Hollywood “contains an enormous historicalthread.Thereisaremarkablenarrativethere,particularly when told by someone as knowledgeable as Dr. McGuire.”

CopiesoftheMcGuireDVDwillbeavailableforpurchaseintheCemeteryOfficesinearlyDecember.ProceedsfromDVDsales will be used to support the continuing restoration and conservationofHollywoodbegunbyFriendsin2008.

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[9] The Oak Lane Band entertains picnickers on May 20. Left to Right: Massie Valentine, Jr., Liz Nance, Andy Smith, Russell Lawson, and Bill Hardy. [10 & 11] Open air trolley tours were enjoyed by all ages. For many young fry, this was their first picnic in a “graveyard.” [12] Even this four-legged picnicker found the weather and surroundings “awesome.” [13] Veteran tour guide E. L. Butterworth was on hand to narrate tours and answer questions.

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Numerous Events Draw Visitors to Hollywoodcompany,encouragedRichmond’swomentoorganizeasociety to preserve the graves of the Confederate dead. On 3May1865,200womenconvenedatalocalchurchandformed the Hollywood Memorial Association of the Ladies of Richmond to raise money to maintain the graves of the South’sfallensoldiers.In1867,theAssociationdecidedtofundtheconstructionofafittingmemorialintheSoldiers’Section and chose a design by local architect/engineer Charles H.Dimmock—adramatic,ninety-footpyramidmadeoflargegraniteblocks.Completedin1869,themonumentbearsLatininscriptions that translate: “In eternal memory of those who stoodforGodandCountry.”Intheearly1870s,theAssociationundertook another mission—to have the bodies of all of the ConfederatedeadthatremainedatthebattlefieldsaroundGettysburgbroughttoHollywoodforproperburial.Ultimately,2,935soldiersfromGettysburgwerereinterredatHollywoodCemetery.Evenasdecadespassed,theCivilWarcontinuedto impact Hollywood Cemetery as Confederate veterans were buriedinitsgrounds,wellintothetwentiethcentury.Visitorscametofindthegravesofancestorswhodiedintheconflictandpaytributetothedead.Andtothisday,“thesoundofcannonandriflesalutesreverberatefrequentlythroughoutthegrounds.”16

Outdoor Museum

Overtime,gardencemeteriesbecame,inpart,outdoormuseums that provided the general public access to sculpture and sometimes provided lessons on history and biography. AtHollywood,twoparticularlynoteworthyexamplesofmonumental sculpture relate to the Civil War and stand over the gravesofJeffersonDavis,formerPresidentoftheConfederacy,andhisdaughter,VarinaAnne.In1893,DaviswasburiedinHollywoodafterbrieflyrestinginMetairieCemeteryinNewOrleansafterhisdeathin1889.Beforetheendofthecentury,the Hollywood Cemetery company erected a bronze statue designedbysculptorGeorgeJulianZolnaythatdepictedadignifiedDavisdressedashewaswhencapturedbyUniontroopsattheendoftheCivilWar.Zolnay,aHungariannativewhohadrecentlyimmigratedtotheUnitedStates,quicklygained recognition as a superior sculptor and won commissions to design busts of many famous Americans. For the cemetery company,Zolnayalsocompletedaseven-footCarraramarblestatueofaseatedangelofgriefhonoringDavis’sdaughterwhowasbornin1864attheheightoftheCivilWarandwasknownas the “Daughter of the Confederacy.”17

Sinceitsfounding,HollywoodCemeteryhasservedthecity of Richmond as a pastoral “sleeping place” for its dead and as an important cultural institution for its citizens. For over 160years,Hollywoodhasofferedasafeanddignifiedplaceforburialsremovedfromthenoiseandconfinesofthecity.Featuringthepicturesqueelementstypicaloftheruralcemetery

movement,ithasenticedvisitorstofindsolaceandenjoymentwithinitsboundaries.Today,Hollywoodremainsanactivecemetery and continues to welcome visitors to enjoy its striking scenery,itsmemorialmonuments,anditsrichhistoryconveyedin stone.

James R. Cothran,FASLA,wasalandscapearchitect,urbanplanner,andgardenhistorianinAtlanta,Georgia.Heauthored Gardens of Historic Charleston, Gardens and Historic Plants of the Antebellum South, and Charleston Gardens and the Landscape Legacy of Loutrel Briggs. Cothran passedawayJanuary29,2012. Erica DanylchakservesastheExecutiveDirectoroftheBuckheadHeritageSocietyinAtlanta,Georgia.SheearnedaB.A.inHistoryfromBostonUniversity and a Master of Heritage Preservation degree from Georgia State University. ThisarticlefirstappearedintheWinter2012issueofMagnolia,apublicationoftheSouthernGardenHistorySociety,andisreprintedwiththeSociety’spermission.ThearticleisanexcerptfromtheunfinishedmanuscriptofNineteenth Century Garden Cemeteries and the Rural Cemetery Movement. DanylchakplanstocompletethebookinCothran’smemory.

Endnotes1 MaryH.Mitchell,Hollywood Cemetery: The History of a Southern Shrine(Richmond:Libraryof Richmond,1999),7-10.2 Ibid.,7.3 “Holly-WoodCemetery,”Richmond Enquirer, June12,1849.4 WilliamCullenBryantandOliverBellBunce, Picturesque America or the Land We Live In(New York:D.Appleton&Co,1872),1:73.5 ConstanceM.Greiff,John Notman, Architect,1810- 1865(Philadelphia:AthenaeumofPhiladelphia, 1979),16-18.6 KeithN.Morgan,“TheemergenceoftheAmerican landscapeprofessional:JohnNotmanandthedesign ofruralcemeteries,”Journal of Garden History4,no. 3(1984):281.7 Greiff,142.8 Ibid.,143-45.9 JohnF.Sears,Sacred Places: American Tourist Attractions in the Nineteenth Century(Amherst: UniversityofMassachusettsPress,1989),100-104.10 Mitchell,79.11 Bryant,73.12 Mitchell,4.13 JohnFrancisMarion,“HollywoodCemetery,”in Famous and Curious Cemeteries: A Pictorial, Historical, and Anecdotal View of American and European Cemeteries and the Famous and Infamous People Who Are Buried There(NewYork:Crown Publishers,1977),167.14 JohnO.Peters,Richmond’s Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond,VA:ValentineRichmondHistoryCenter, 2010),46-55.15 Ibid.,55-70.16 Ibid.,64.17 Mitchell,120-121.

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[1] John O. Peters, retired lawyer and author of Richmond’s Hollywood Cemetery, speaks about the cemetery and his recent book at Presidents Circle. [2] Hundreds gather amidst wreaths and flags to celebrate the 204th birthday anniversary of Former President of the Confederacy Jefferson F. Davis on June 2. [3, 4 & 5] Over a hundred adults and young people from the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints gathered for a day of “clean-up, fix-up.” [6] Boxwood Garden Club President Cathy Lee greets club members in the Palmer Chapel at the club’s fall meeting. [7] Da-vid Gilliam, Hollywood Cemetery General Manager, explains recent restoration and development work at Presidents Circle. [8] Boxwood members Jil Harris (left) and Ashley Farley.

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Overthecourseofmanyyears,theOfficeoftheMilitary Assistant to the President in the White House has coordinated the annual placement of wreaths. Responsibility of that Office is formalized in Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The Code alsoincludes“thePresident’sApprovedWreathList”containingthename,birthdate,andburialplaceofeachofourthirty-eightdeceasedPresidents,aswellasthebranch of the military responsible for each ceremony.

The Army is responsible for the execution of the annual MonroeandTylerceremoniesatHollywood,aswellasceremonies for all other deceased Presidents across the country.TheU.S.Navy,MarineCorpsandAirForcehave responsibility for the remaining ceremonies. The only President for whom two ceremonies are performed is Abraham Lincoln. One ceremony is held at the LincolnMemorialinWashington,D.C.andtheotherinSpringfield,Illinois.

Little is left to chance regarding the ceremonies. The participants,agenda,andmilitarydecorumforArmy-conducted ceremonies are described in detail in Army

Regulations.TheCodeofFederalRegulationsrequiresthatthePresident’sdesignatedrepresentativeateachceremonybeapprovedbythePresident’sMilitaryAssistant and be a dignitary of general or flag rank. Thewreathoffreshflowers,arrangedforbytheMilitaryAssistant,isessentiallyidenticalinsizeandcolor for all ceremonies.

Whilepatrioticorganizations,presidentialsocieties,andgroupssuchastheBoyandGirlScoutsofAmericaareofteninattendanceatwreath-layingceremonies,somehavingaprogramrole,theultimateresponsibilityforexecuting the ceremonial events rests with the assigned military service branch.

Certain information and photographs appearing in this article have been generously provided by the Office of CASCOM Public Affairs and Office of Public Affairs and Community Relations, Fort Lee, Virginia.

The 1847 SocietyPresidents CircleThe Kathryn Walker Revocable TrustTheWilliamH.,JohnG.,and Emma Scott Foundation

Founders CircleS.W. Massie Charitable TrustMr.andMrs.WilliamM.MassieJr.Richard S. Reynolds Foundation

Heritage CircleOverton and Katharine Dennis FoundationDominion and the Dominion FoundationVirginiaSargeantReynoldsFoundationAnne W. Taylor Trust

Hollywood CircleMr.andMrs.EdwardM.FarleyIV

Ivy CircleDrs.J.T.andM.L.BaylissMrs.MargaretP.BemissMr.andMrs.AustinBrockenbroughIIIMrs.FrankV.FowlkesMrs.JeanWiltshireLaneDr. and Mrs.* Nelson D. LankfordMr.andMrs.E.BrysonPowellMr.JosephA.RamageMr.andMrs.JohnC.ReedMr.JamesS.WatkinsonMrs. Carol G. White

Sustainers ($500-$999)Altria Matching Gifts ProgramMrs.FredericS.BocockMr.andMrs.LewisT.BookerMr.CharlesBowmanMr.*andMrs.R.HarveyChappellJr.Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. GatesMr. and Mrs. Horace A. Gray IIIMrs.AeliseBrittonGreenMr. and Mrs. Roger H. W. KirbyDr.andMrs.HunterH.McGuireJr.Mr. and Mrs. G. Gilmer Minor IIIMr.andMrs.BeverleyB.MunfordIIIStanley and Dorothy Pauley Charitable TrustMrs. Suzanne C. Pollard

Mrs. William W. ReamsMr. and Mrs. Peter C. TomsMrs. Kathryn G. ThurmanMr.andMrs.JamesM.WellsIII

Patrons (to $499)Mr.andMrs.JohnP.AckerlyIVMr. Max R. AdamMr. and Mrs. William M. AdamsonAnonymous(3)Mrs. Paul W. AllenAltria Matching Gifts ProgramMr. and Mrs. George Wayne AndersonMr. and Mrs. S. Wyndham AndersonMr.andMrs.J.MartinAndersonMr. and Mrs. Edward C. AndersonMr. and Mrs. Thomas D. AndersonBankofAmericaMatchingGifts ProgramMrs.BarbaraH.BaldwinMr.RobertB.BassDr.andMrs.EdwardB.BeirneJr.Mrs.JeriBellTheBiscuitFactoryMr.andMrs.CarlF.BlackwellMr.DonaldBogen*Mrs.MargaretDillonBowlesMr.BowlmanT.BowlesJr.Mr.andMrs.McGuireBoydDr.andMrs.BenP.BradenhamMr.andMrs.JosephB.BrancoliMrs.CarolineY.BrandtMr.andMrs.ArthurS.BrinkleyJr.Bristol-MyersSquibbFoundationMrs.AlexanderG.BrownIIIMr.GeorgeW.BryantJr.Mr.andMrs.RobertC.BrydonMr.andMrs.GeorgeT.BrysonJr.Mr.W.HamiltonBrysonMr.andMrs.WilliamMichauxBuchananMr.andMrs.BryceA.BuggMrs.ArcherC.BurkeMr.A.ChristianBurkeMr.andMrs.AndrewV.CableSr.Mr.LawrenceC.Caldwell,IIIMrs. Dorothy G. CardozoMr.andMrs.RandolphB.CardozoMr.WayneB.CardwellTheBeirneCarterFoundationMiss Emily E. CarterMr.andMrs.RichardH.CatlettJr.Mr. Richard T. CavedoMr. Donald E. CentroneMrs.HildaW.ChafinMr.andMrs.ThomasC.ChappellJr.Mrs.C.C.ChewningJr.Mr. and Mrs. Edwin D. ChildMr. and Mrs. Carter C. ChinnisMrs.StuartG.ChristianJr.Mr. and Mrs. William R. Claiborne

Mrs. William H. ClarkeMrs. Suzanne P. ClossMr. and Mrs. Robert L. CovingtonMr. and Mrs. Walter W. CraigieMr.andMrs.J.RobertCrossMr. and Mrs. William R. CurdtsDr. William L. CurryMrs. Martha O. DavenportMr.andMrs.VictorJ.DavisMrs. Ingrid H. DavisDr.BrigittedelaBurdeMs. Alice DeCampsMr. Samuel DerieuxMr. and Mrs. Richard H DilworthMr. and Mrs. Thomas L. DisharoonMrs. Tanya Parker DolphinMr.andMrs.LeeP.DudleyJr.Mr.andMrs.CharlesE.EberleJr.Mrs. Fred R. EdneyMr. George C. Ely IIMrs.HerbertE.FitzgeraldJr.Mr.G.SlaughterFitz-HughJr.Mr.RobertJ.FlackeMr.andMrs.LewisB.FlinnJr.Mrs.FredC.ForbergJr.Mrs. Dianne ForsytheMrs. Marjorie N. FowlkesMr. and Mrs. Francis Meriwether FowlkesJr.Mr. Richard H. FoxMrs. Marcia C. FrazierFriendsatFirstBaptistChurchMr.andMrs.RichardWilsonGaenzleJr.Mrs. Lucille S. GainesMrs.WilliamC.GarbeeJr.GE FoundationGenworth FoundationMr. Stuart GilchristMr. and Mrs. David L. GilliamMajor General L. H. Ginn IIIMrs.JamesM.GlaveMr. and Mrs. Wellington GoddinMr.andMrs.BruceC.GottwaldMr. Stretton L. GramlichMrs. Martha Anne GreggsMr. Charles L. HagueDr.DanaB.HamelMr. and Mrs. Les and Kennah HarcumMrs. Rosemarie HarterMrs. Shirley E. HatcherDr. and Mrs. Allan HauerMrs. Milton R. Haynes*Mr. and Mrs. Herbert HeltzerDr.andMrs.WalterP.HempflingTheHermitageatCedarfieldMr. and Mrs. Robert E. HillMr. Frank D. Hill IIIMrs.S.WinfieldHillHistoric Richmond FoundationMr.andMrs.J.CameronHogganJr.Hollywood Cemetery Company

Dr.andMrs.J.SheltonHorsleyIIIMr. and Mrs. Robert K. HubermanDr.J.HubertMr. and Mrs. William C. HungerfordMrs.FrancesH.JamesMr.andMrs.JosephA.JenningsIIIMr.andMrs.CharlesM.JohnsonIIIMr.MilesC.JohnstonJr.Mr. and Mrs. Gregory E. KaneMrs.RobertJ.KellerIIIMr.andMrs.JamesA.KellyMr. and Mrs. Robert H. LargeDr.andMrs.WalterLawrenceJr.Mr. Craig LawsonMrs.JohnB.LeonardDr.BarbaraT.LesterThe Linhart FoundationMr. and Mrs. Gene K. LongMiss Teresa LuckertMrs. Frank C. Maloney IIIMr. David H. MasonDr.LockertB.MasonMrs.H.PageMauckJr.Dr. William R. MauckMr.andMrs.CecilR.MaxsonJr.Mr.GeorgeG.McDearmonJr.Mrs. Susan A. McGrathMr. and Mrs. Francis H. McMullenMr. Thomas M. MillerMr.andMrs.WallaceB.MillnerIIIMr.andMrs.CharlesB.MolsterJr.Mr.andMrs.GeorgeV.MoncureJr.Mrs. W. Cabell MooreMr.AndrewT.MooreJr.Mrs. Mary D. MorganMr. and Mrs. Dewey MorrisMrs. Frederica C. MullenMrs.HarrietJ.MurpheyMrs. Helen Turner MurphyMrs.LouiseB.NemecekMrs. Susan A. NewtonMrs.JackieNoelMr. Davis Eugene NormanMr. Charles NorrisMr. Frank NorvellMrs.St.JulianOppenhimerMrs. Henry W. OppenhimerMrs. Hugh W. OwensMr.andMrs.JohnM.PaceMrs. H. Merrill PascoMr.andMrs.JohnM.PaynePfizerFoundationMatchingGifts ProgramMs. Donna Potter PhillipsMrs.RobertN.PollardJr.Mrs.JaneD.PowellMrs. Gwynn C. PrideauxMrs.JohnB.PurcellMr.andMrs.RussellL.RabbJr.Mr.andMrs.JohnRamosMs. Elizabeth D. Rawles

2012 Contributors ToFriends of Hollywood Cemetery

We are indeed grateful to the following donors for their generous support of Friends in 2012. You have enabled us to continue vital monument and fence restoration. Thank you for helping us to preserve Hollywood Cemetery for generations to come.

Mary Hoge AndersonChair, Friends of Hollywood Cemetery

Maj. Gen. James L. Hodge, former Combined Arms Support Command commanding general, and Command Sgt. Maj. James E. Riddick, CASCOM’s command sergeant major, render honors to former President Monroe on April 28

President Obama’s wreath honoring former President Monroe

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Finally,Friendsisverypleasedthattwonewmembershave joined its board the during the year – Mary Lynn Bayliss and William R. Claiborne.LynnBayliss,agraduateofMountHolyokeCollege,earnedherdoctorate from the University of Tennessee. She writes andlecturesabouthistoricalVirginiafigures.LynnisalsoamemberoftheHollywoodCemeteryBoard.

BillyClaiborne,anativeofRichmond,graduatedfrom Woodberry Forest School and the University of Virginia.Hewillsoonbeatwenty-yearveteranofLoweBrockenbrough&Companywhereheholdstheposition of Managing Director and Portfolio Manager. BillyhasservedontheboardofdirectorsoftheMaymont and Westminster Canterbury Foundations.

The 392nd Army Band from Fort Lee, Va., provides musical accompaniment during the ceremony for former President Monroe


For Former U.S. Presidents

WREATH-LAYING CEREMONIESEachyear,ontheanniversaryoftheirbirthdates,

the sitting President of the United States honors the memoryandlegacyofourcounty’sformerPresidentsbyaformalmilitarywreath-layingceremony.

Inthespringoftheyear,twosuchceremoniestakeplaceat Hollywood Cemetery. They honor our fifth and tenth Presidents,JamesMonroe(bornApril28,1758)andJohnTyler(bornMarch29.1790).Hollywoodisoneofjustthree cemeteries in the country in which two Presidents of the United States are interred.

JohnTylerwasnominatedastheWhigParty’svicepresidentialcandidatein1840andranwithWilliamHenryHarrison,alsoofCharlesCity,Virginia,underthemuchtrumpetedcampaignslogan“TippecanoeandTyler,Too.” Tyler was thrust into the Presidency one month into Harrison’stermwhenthePresidentdiedfrompneumoniaonApril4,1841.

OnMarch29,BrigadierGeneralStephenE.Farmen,Chief of Transportation and the Transportation School at CombinedArmsSupportCommand(CASCOM),Ft.Lee,VirginiadeliveredremarksonbehalfofPresidentBarackObamatofamilymembersofPresidentTyler,friendsandassembled military personnel.

“What is it that causes us to gather here each year in PresidentTyler’shonor?ThemosaicofAmericanhistorycomprises those who gave selflessly of themselves for thebenefitofthecountry,”Farmensaid.“Wecan’tallowourselvestoforgettheirdeeds,forourhistoryprovidesaglimpse of what the future may hold.”

ThirtydaysfollowingtheTylerevent,inasimilarceremonyheldonApril28andonlyafewstepsaway,MajorGeneralJamesL.Hodge,thenCommandingGeneralofCASCOM,FortLee,andSergeantMajorJamesE,Riddick,CASCOM’stopnoncommissionedofficer,placedared,whiteandbluewreathatPresidentMonroe’stombinasimilarceremony.

“Hewasthelastofthe“VirginiaDynasty”andthelastofthe“RevolutionaryFathers”tooccupytheWhiteHouse,”GeneralHodgeremarked.“Inhislifetime,PresidentMonroe contributed immeasurably to the building of thisnation,andheestablishedaremarkablerecordofservice to the citizens of America.” Monroe was born in WestmorelandCounty,Virginia,andonChristmasEve,1776,ateighteenyearsofage,crossedtheDelawarewithGeneral George Washington.



Dr.andMrs.FrankL.RawlingJr.Dr. Gaylord W. RayMr.andMrs.CharlesL.ReedJr.Dr. and Mrs. P. Larus Reed IIIMr. C. Edward Richardson IIIMrs.JulianeM.RileyMr. and Mrs. Thomas A. RiopelleMr.FieldI.RobertsonJr.Mr. and Mrs. N. Pendleton RogersMr.EdwinM.RuckerJr.CDR.JamesC.Ruehrmund(Ret.)Mr. Raymond A. RuthMrs.CalvinSatterfieldIIIMr. Lee SchulteMr. and Mrs. Edward A. SchuttMrs. Elizabeth P. ScottSegway of RichmondMr*. and Mrs. Rankjit SenMr.andMrs.WilliamR.ShandsJr.Mr. Howard W. ShieldsMr.RobertH.Shultz,Jr.Mr. Thomas A. SilvestriMrs. Sarah S. SinsabaughMr.andMrs.JackC.SlagleMr. and Mrs. Anthony P. SmithMrs. Rosemary T. SmithMrs. Schuyler O. SneedMr. and Mrs. William H. SniderMrs. Mary L. SoukupMr.andMrs.JackH.SpainJr.Mr. and Mrs. William H. SparrowSt.John’sChurchFoundationMrs. Ursula F. StalkerStarBriteEnterprisesIncMrs. Hazeltine P. StrotherMr.andMrs.JamesE.B.StuartJr.Mrs. Mary N. SutherlandMrs. Ruth W. TaylorDr.andMrs.LawrenceB.TentorMr.andMrs.WalterTeStrakeJr.Dr.JamesA.ThompsonIIIMr. and Mrs. Matthew G. ThompsonGeorgeN.ThriftMD,Trust

Mr. F. Carlyle TillerMrs. Tammy M. E. TiltmanMr.andMrs.JamesL.TompkinsMrs. Mary L. TompkinsMrs.ZachTomsJr.Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. ToneyTredegar Corporation Matching Gifts ProgramTuckahoe Garden Club of WesthamptonJudgeJohnRandolphTuckerJr.Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. TurnbullMr. Halcott Mebane TurnerMr.JosephV.TurnerIIIMrs.MargueriteB.TurnerMrs.LynneC.ValentineMr.andMrs.GranvilleG.ValentineIIIMr.andMrs.HubertP.VanHornMr.andMrs.RobertJ.VanSickleVanYahresAssociatesVarinaHighSchoolVineyardProductions,LLCMrs. George R. WagonerMr. and Mrs. Gordon W. WallaceMs. Sandra E. WallerMrs. Frances M. WallerMrs. Mary P. WareMr.andMrs.HarryJ.WarthenIIIMr. Ten Eyck T. WellfordMr.JayLairdWelliverMr.andMrs.JackWestMr.RalphC.WhiteJr.Mrs. Raymond H. WhitneyMrs. Kathy WhittingtonDr.andMrs.JamesR.WickhamDr. and Mrs. Peter T. WilbanksMr. Carrington C. WilkersonMrs. Hilda L. WilliamsMr.andMrs.FieldingL.WilliamsJr.Mr.RobertG.WillisJr.Mrs.VirginiaL.WilsonDr. and Mrs. Charles P. WinklerMr.andMrs.SamuelB.WittIII

George Stuart Woodson TrustMrs.MichaelB.WrayDr. R. Lewis WrightMrs. Mildred WysongDr.HenryYanceyJr.Mr. and Mrs. David Lee Zorn

* Deceased

Corporations, Foundations and OrganizationsAltria Matching Gifts ProgramBankofAmericaMatchingGiftsProgramTheBeirneCarterFoundationTheBiscuitFactoryBristol-MyersSquibbFoundationOverton and Katharine Dennis FoundationDominion and the Dominion FoundationFriendsatFirstBaptistChurchGE FoundationGenworth FoundationTheHermitageatCedarfieldHistoric Richmond FoundationHollywood Cemetery CompanyThe Linhart FoundationPfizerFoundationMatchingGifts ProgramRichard S. Reynolds FoundationTheWilliamH.,JohnG.,and Emma Scott FoundationSegway of RichmondStarBriteEnterprises,IncThe Triangle FraternityTredegar Corporation Matching Gifts ProgramTuckahoe Garden Club of WesthamptonValentineRichmondHistoryCenterVanYahresAssociatesVarinaHighSchoolVineyardProductions,LLCVirginiaSargeantReynoldsFoundation

Gifts In-KindMr.E.L.ButterworthTheChurchofJesusChristofLatter-daySaintsDelta Upsilon Chapter of Phi Kappa SigmaFraternityatVCUConnieHilker,HartwoodRosesHollywood Cemetery CompanyLambda Chi Chapter of Pi Kappa AlphaFraternityatVCUDr.HunterH.McGuire,Jr.Mr.JohnO.PetersSegway of RichmondTheTriangleFraternityatVCUValentineRichmondHistoryCenter

Brig. Gen. Stephen E. Farmen, Chief of Transportation, and Command Sgt. Maj. Allen B. Offord Jr., Transportation Corps regimental command sergeant major, salute for the playing of taps at the Match 29th ceremony for former President Tyler

An honor guard stands at attention prior to the placement of a wreath for former President Tyler

The 1847 SocietyLeaders for preservation of Hollywood Cemetery

Annual Giving Levels

Presidents Circle for Gifts of $25,000+ Founders Circle for Gifts of $10,000 to $24,999

Heritage Circle for Gifts of $5,000 to $9,999

Hollywood Circle for Gifts of $2,500 to $4,999

Ivy Circle for Gifts of $1,000 to $2,499

We invite you to join the 1847 Society and continue the ongoingrestoration and preservation of Hollywood Cemetery.


Friends of Hollywood Cemetery

Mary Hoge Anderson – ChairDavid L. Gilliam – Secretary

Peter C. Toms – Treasurer

Mary Hoge AndersonMaryLynnBayliss,PhD

William R. ClaiborneEdwardM.Farley,IVMatthewD.Jenkins



Hollywood Cemetery Company

MatthewD.Jenkins–PresidentPeterC.Toms–VicePresident

David L. Gilliam – Secretary andGeneral Manager

Woodrow C. Harper – TreasurerMabel E. Toney – Assistant

Secretary and Assistant Treasurer

MaryLynnBayliss,Ph.D.EdwardM.Farley,IVMatthewD.Jenkins

ElizabethCabellJenningsNelsonD.Lankford,Ph.D.

E.BrysonPowellEvelina M. ScottFred T. Tattersall


Administrative StaffHollywood Cemetery Company

David L. Gilliam – General Manager

Woodrow C. Harper – Assistant General Manager

Mabel E. Toney – Administrative Assistant

KellyJonesWilbanks–DirectorofDevelopment,FriendsGifts and Contributions received

after November 15, 2012, will be acknowledged in the next edition

of the Newsletter

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Restoration and repair of monuments and fences by conservator Robert Mosko and his team of interns have

continued at a steady pace during 2012. All Phase I work in and around Presidents Circle has been nearly completed with a total of 326 monuments and 47 historic iron fences addressed in this initial phase. The installation of a newly recast Palmer fence and the reassembly of the ornate Nase family monument aretheonlyremainingincompletePhaseItasks.These,too,will soon be completed.

Atthepresenttime,PhaseIIofHollywood’smulti-phaserestoration project is well underway. This second phase will address damage and deterioration in the oldest and most historic sectionsofthecemetery.Atotalof1,402monumentsand81fencesareincludedinthescopeofPhaseII.Todate,workhasbeen completed on 312 monuments and 51 fences.

Inadditiontoextensiverestorationprojects,Friendshavecontinued in 2012 to showcase Hollywood through numerous initiativessuchasspecialevents,tours,andnetworkingopportunities with other organizations. For example:

•JohnO.PeterspaidanothervisittoHollywoodonasweltering April Sunday to speak to a faithful audience about the cemetery. His most recent book – Richmond’s Hollywood Cemetery – has been enthusiastically received. Guided tours followedPeters’talkandbooksigning.

•Overonehundredstrong,membersoftheChurchofJesusChristoftheLatter-daySaintsspentavolunteerdayintheCemeteryinAprilpullingivy,pickingupdebris,andremovingdead limbs. Many additional volunteer hours were provided by thePhiKappaSigma,PiKappaAlpha,andTriangleFraternitiesatVirginiaCommonwealthUniversity.

•Afteramanydecades’absencefromtheRichmondscene,Friends sponsored a Hollywood family picnic on May 20. The

turnout of 150 individuals was entertained with guided tours aboardtrolleys,GoodHumoricecream,andbluegrassmusicbytheOakLaneBand.

•ComplementingFriends’sponsoredtoursthroughouttheyear,theValentineRichmondHistoryCenterhasconductedfour themed walking tours of the cemetery in addition to its increasingly popular cemetery overview tours. Interest in Hollywood guided tours has spiked this year with thousands of visitors choosing this option. And school children visits continue at a steady pace.

•Onceagainthisyear,inthespringandearlysummer,thecemeterywasthesiteofceremonieshonoringHollywood’sformerU.S.PresidentsJamesMonroeandJohnTyler;formerPresidentoftheConfederacyJeffersonDavis;GeneralJ.E.B.Stuart;andnumerousothers.

•InAugust,Hollywoodwas honored to be selected by the readers of Richmond Magazineasthe“BestHistoric Site” in the city. The cemetery finished in secondplacefor“BestScenicView”inRichmond.

•InOctober,theBoxwoodGarden Club held its fall meeting in the Palmer Chapel and was treated to a presentation by Dr. Hunter McGuire,Jr.,followedbyatour of Presidents Circle.


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