Fort Dupont in Washington, District of Columbia — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Woodlawn Cemetery
4611 Benning Road, SE
—African American Heritage Trail —
By Richard E. Miller, April 14, 2011
1. Woodlawn Cemetery Marker
Woodlawn Cemetery, established in 1895, serves the final resting place for Sen. Blanche K. Bruce, Mary P. Burrill, Will Marion Cook, John W. Cromwell, John R. Francis, Rep. John Mercer Langston, Jesse Lawson, Mary Meriwether, and Daniel Murray, among other prominent Washingtonians.
The majority of burials at Woodlawn are the remains of more than 6,000 individuals that were exhumed from Graceland Cemetery, a graveyard established in 1872 near Benning Road and H Street, NE. Other re-interments came from cemeteries such as the Colonial Union Benevolent Association Burial Ground in Adams Morgan near the National Zoo.
The cemetery was listed in the National Register for Historic Places in 1996.
[Photo caption:] Joe and Katy Mae Cook, members of the newly established Woodlawn Perpetual Care Association, Inc., tend their family plot, 1973.
Star Collection, DC Public Library; ©Washington Post.
Erected by Cultural Tourism DC, funded by the DC Historic Preservation Office.
Marker series. This marker is included in the Washington, DC African American Heritage Trail marker series.
Location. 38° 53.155′ N, 76° 56.164′ W. Marker is in Fort Dupont
By Richard E. Miller, April 14, 2011
2. Woodlawn Cemetery Marker on gate post at right
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Fort Chaplin (approx. ¼ mile away); Fort Mahan (approx. 0.7 miles away); Original Federal Boundary Stone SE 1 (approx. 0.8 miles away); National Training School for Women and Girls/ Nannie Helen Burroughs (approx. 0.9 miles away); Fort DuPont (approx. 0.9 miles away); Original Federal Boundary Stone SE 2 (approx. 0.9 miles away); A Whirl on the Ferris Wheel (approx. one mile away); A Day at the Picture Show (approx. one mile away).
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Historical markers about notable persons mentioned on this marker.
Also see . . .
1. Historic Woodlawn Cemetery. (Submitted on April 14, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
2. Woodlawn Genealogy Project. (Submitted on April 17, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
Categories. • African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Notable Persons •
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3. Woodlawn Cemetery
- view westward from near the Benning Road entrance.
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4. Woodlawn Cemetery
- restored monuments on hillside off Cemetery Drive.
By Richard E. Miller, April 14, 2011
5. Bruce Family Monument, Woodlawn Cemetery
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6. Langston Family Monument, Woodlawn Cemetery
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7. Woodlawn Cemetery
Credits. This page was last revised on January 26, 2017. This page originally submitted on April 14, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. This page has been viewed 972 times since then and 60 times this year. Last updated on April 29, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on April 14, 2011, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.
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