Histopolis Place-of-the-Day
Histopolis features a different cemetery, town, county or other place every day on the Place-of-The-Day.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
The Histopolis Place-of-the-Day for Thursday, January 6, 2011 is the Richmond National Cemetery in Henrico County, Virginia.
"Richmond National Cemetery is located in Henrico County, Va., about three miles east of the state capital. The cemetery lies just within the fortification lines constructed by the Confederate army during its defense of Richmond during the Civil War. Three of the cemetery’s 10 acres were purchased in July 1867 from William Slater; additional acreage was subsequently purchased in 1868 and 1906."The first burials at Richmond National Cemetery were reinterments from Oakwood and Hollywood cemeteries in Richmond, the cemetery at Belle Island Confederate Prison, the battlefields of Cold Harbor and Seven Pines, and from locations in Chesterfield and Hanover counties, Va.
"Richmond National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995."
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January 2011
Day | Place |
1 | Hampton VA National Cemetery, Hampton, Hampton City, Virginia |
2 | Sarasota VA National Cemetery, Sarasota County, Florida |
3 | New Bern National Cemetery, Township 8, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina |
4 | Georgia National Cemetery, Cherokee County, Georgia |
5 | Woodlawn National Cemetery, Elmira, Chemung County, New York |
6 | Richmond National Cemetery, Henrico County, Virginia |
7 | Missouri Veterans Cemetery, Springfield, Springfield Township, Greene County, Missouri |
8 | Great Lakes National Cemetery, Holly Township, Oakland County, Michigan |
9 | Fort Sill National Cemetery, Comanche County, Oklahoma |
10 | Seven Pines National Cemetery, Henrico County, Virginia |
11 | National Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania |
12 | National Cemetery, Hot Springs, Fall River County, South Dakota |
13 | Keokuk National Cemetery, Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa |
14 | Mountain Home National Cemetery, Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee |
15 | Fort Richardson National Cemetery, Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality, Alaska |
16 | Bakersfield National Cemetery, Kern County, California |
17 | Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Saratoga County, New York |
18 | Fort Smith National Cemetery, Fort Smith, Upper Township, Sebastian County, Arkansas |
19 | Soldiers' Lot, Mound Cemetery, Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin |
20 | San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California |
21 | Nashville National Cemetery, Davidson County, Tennessee |
22 | Government Lots, Congressional Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia |
23 | Annapolis National Cemetery, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland |
24 | Fort Lyon National Cemetery, Bent County, Colorado |
25 | Nachez National Cemetery, Supervisor District 4, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi |
26 | Massachusetts National Cemetery, Barnstable County, Massachusetts |
27 | Lexington National Cemetery, Lexington-Fayette, Fayette County, Kentucky |
28 | Camp Butler National Cemetery, Clear Lake Township, Sangamon County, Illinois |
29 | Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Jackson Township, Will County, Illinois |
30 | National Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee |
31 | Washington Crossing National Cemetery, Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania |
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Note: The first Place-of-the-Day was in September 2010