| 词条 | Blandford Cemetery |
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| name =Blandford Cemetery | nrhp_type = | designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register | designated_other1_date = April 22, 1992[1] | designated_other1_number = 123-0110 | designated_other1_num_position = bottom | image = BlanfordCemetery.JPG | caption = The Memorial Arch at Blandford Cemetery, constructed in 1913 by Burns and Campbell. | location= 319 S. Crater Rd., Petersburg, Virginia | coordinates = {{coord|37|13|33|N|77|22|50|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Virginia#USA | area = | built =1702 | architect= Davidson, James; Bowie, McCleary & Wright | architecture= Mid 19th Century Revival, Early Republic, Late Victorian | added = October 15, 1992 | governing_body = Local | refnum=92001371 [2] }} Blandford Cemetery is a historic cemetery located in Petersburg, Virginia, United States. The oldest stone, marking the grave of Richard Yarbrough, reads 1702. Veterans of every American war are buried there,[3] including 30,000 Confederates killed in the Siege of Petersburg (1864–65) during the American Civil War.[4] It is located adjacent to the People's Memorial Cemetery, a historic African-American cemetery. In 1866, Blandford Cemetery was the site of a Decoration Day ceremony. While visiting the cemetery, the wife of Union General John A. Logan was present and reportedly witnessed Miss Nora Fontaine Davidson, a schoolteacher, and her pupils putting flowers and tiny Confederate flags on the soldiers' graves. Shortly afterward General Logan issued a proclamation calling for the observance of Memorial Day. Locals say that Decoration Day served as the inspiration for the federal Memorial Day. In 2014, Bellware and Gardiner dismissed this claim in The Genesis of the Memorial Day Holiday in America, pointing out that General Logan was aware of the southern observances of Memorial Day prior to his wife's trip to Virginia in 1868, and had mentioned them in a speech in 1866.[5] The cemetery grounds cover {{convert|189|acre|km2}}, making it the second largest cemetery in Virginia (Arlington National Cemetery being the largest).[6] The original burial grounds, referred to as the "old ground," span {{convert|4|acre|m2}} and includes the historic Blandford Church. Colonel Robert Bolling, Confederate Major General William Mahone, his wife Otelia, and many of their kinfolk, Confederate Brigadier General Cullen A. Battle[7] and Confederate Brigadier General David A. Weisiger are interred there. The cemetery is adjacent to Blandford Church, which is a Confederate memorial that features a full set of windows designed by Tiffany studios. The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[2] Notable burials
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=19 March 2013}} {{National Register of Historic Places in Virginia}}{{PetersburgVA-NRHP-stub}}2. ^1 {{NRISref|2008a}} 3. ^{{cite news|last1=Sarah Steele|first1=Wilson|title=Remembering the Cost|url=http://www.hopewellnews.com/news/exec/view.pl?archive=3&num=4696#.Vb442W_bLL8|accessdate=2 August 2015|work=The Hopewell News|date=1 August 2012}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Cities/Petersburg/123-0110_Blandford_Cemetery_1992_Final_Nomination.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Blandford Cemetery|author=Ashley M. Neville and Historic Blandford Cemetery Foundation|date=March 1992|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}} and Accompanying photo 5. ^{{Cite book|title=The Genesis of the Memorial Day Holiday in America|last=Bellware|first=Daniel and Richard Gardiner, PhD.|publisher=Columbus State University|year=2014|isbn=978-0-692-29225-9|location=|pages=144}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Blandford Cemetery|url=http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/media_player?mets_filename=evm00002670mets.xml|website=Encyclopedia of Virginia|publisher=Virginia Foundation for the Humanities|accessdate=2 August 2015}} 7. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9858|title=Cullen Andrews Battle (1829 - 1905) - Find A Grave Memorial|website=www.findagrave.com|access-date=2017-04-14}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=PETERSBURG (BLANDFORD) CEMETERY|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2073200/PETERSBURG%20(BLANDFORD)%20CEMETERY|website=Find a Cemetery|publisher=Commonwealth War Graves Commission|accessdate=2 August 2015}} 6 : Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia|Cemeteries in Petersburg, Virginia|Confederate States of America monuments and memorials in Virginia|National Register of Historic Places in Petersburg, Virginia|Tourist attractions in Petersburg, Virginia|1702 establishments in Virginia |
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