| 词条 | Cedar Hill Cemetery (Suitland, Maryland) |
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Cedar Hill Cemetery, previously known as Forest Lake Cemetery, and also formerly Nonesuch Plantation, is a cemetery located in Suitland, Maryland. Following a series of land purchases starting in 1890, Forest Lake Cemetery was chartered and opened in 1895, but by 1913 few bodies were buried there.[1] In 1913, after going bankrupt and a failed 1908 sale to a developer, 130 acres of the 400 acre Forest Lake Cemetery were sold to form the Cedar Hill Cemetery.[2][3] Over time the cemetery was expanded and it is now over {{convert|150|acre|km2}} in size. The oldest tombstone reads "Philenia W. Patte, Nov. 19, 1871, 58 years". Dionicio Rodriguez, a Mexican builder and artist, built six pieces in concrete at Cedar Hill during 1936 to 1938 most using a faux bois technique to make them resemble wood. He built, two footbridges, a bench, a table in a pergola, a hollow "tree trunk" and an Annie Laurie Wishing Chair, also in a pergola.[4]Cedar Hill was originally a "whites only" cemetery with Lincoln Memorial Cemetery across the road reserved for black graves. Notable internments
There is also a mass grave for the victims of the Terra Cotta Railroad wreck at this cemetery.[5] References1. ^{{cite news |title=Forest Lake Cemetery. New Burial Site Selected on Pennsylvania Avenue Extended Southwest |work=The Washington Post |date=7 April 1895}} {{Commons category}}{{coord|38|51|46|N|76|56|44.5|W|region:US-MD|display=title}}2. ^{{cite news |title=Plan a New Cemetery |work=The Washington Post |date=21 December 1913}} 3. ^{{cite news |title=Suit Over Local Cemetery |work=The Washington Post |date=2 March 1913}} 4. ^{{cite book|last=Light|first=Patsy|title=Capturing Nature: The Cement Sculpture of Dionicio Rodriguez|year=2008|publisher=Texas A&M University Press|location=College Station|isbn=1585446106|page=95}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Cedar Hill Cemetery|url=http://www.buyandsellcemeteryplots.com/cedar-hill-cemetery-suitland-md.htm|publisher=Buy and Sell Cemetery Plots LLC|accessdate=17 August 2013}} External links
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