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Related Historical Markers
By Bernard Fisher, October 6, 2019
From a Burying Ground to a Park Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Virginia, Fredericksburg — From a Burying Ground to a Park — Fredericksburg: Timeless. —  |
| “On motion made and seconded, resolved unanimously that the new burying ground be enclosed with brick.” —Council minutes of July 6th, 1824 Robert Lewis, Mayor (buried in the Masonic Lodge Cemetery) In 1774, St. George’s Parish . . . — — Map (db m140676) HM | |||
| 2 ► Virginia, Fredericksburg — From a Burying Ground to a Park — Reported permanently removed |
| In 1774, St. George’s Parish purchased the land around you for a cemetery. Following the American Revolution and disestablishment of the Anglican Church in Virginia, the Fredericksburg government appropriated this land for a public burying ground. . . . — — Map (db m11430) HM | |||