The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-11
HISTORIC GRAVES
IN LYWO0D.
Two Presidents Of the United States
are Buried There.
TYLER's LAST RESTING PLACE.
Tho President and the Daughter of
the Confederacy Tho Neglected
and ForCotten Grave Of Brave
Major Wheat.

HOLLYWOOD, Richmond's quiet city of
the dead, is one OF the most beautiful
cemeteries In this OF any country. Ris-
Ing sheer from the James it stretches
back With many an undulat1ng hill and
dea, where tvy-c1ad oaks and perennial
pfncs cast soft shadows upon shaft, cruel
tx and mausoleum standing like spectre
scntdnels over the spirits that lie
beneath them in the sleep Of death. 1t is
a plaza Of great quiet Even the birds
nodAate their voices to a genuer note,
and the roaring Of the river ts subdued
into a funeral tone as it chants its eter-
nal requiem to the souls of the thousands
Ia this great anu ever-EToW1ng Thlle CITY
of the dead.
On the brow Of the bluff. overlooking
the James and whence the rush OF the
waters can be plainly heard, there stands
un iron mauosleuua, within whose latuced
walls lies all that IS mortal of James
Monroe, once President OF the United
Staten, twice Governor OF Virginia and
author of the Monroe doctrine
There are many handsome toTnbs In the
cemetery, but few are more visited
than this of the great statesman, and
though there is no name to indicate the
greatness of the dust entombed within,
there are few visitors to Hollywood who
do not stop to pay a tribute to the great
Nirglnian.
TYl.ERas UNMARKED CRAVE.
Under the shadow of Monroe's tomb.
when the declining sun guilds the spires
OF the distant City, there lies another
virsinian. who was honored by the highest
political office in the gift of his country,
and his State. Surrounded by granite
monuments the marble nlausoieuHs john
Tyler lies In an unmarked grave, ana
pilgrims who worship at the shrine OF his
brother president pass by his grave, mol
KNOWN: what hallowed dust Is buried
there.
The present Congress has made an APP
pronr1ation to marx the grave OF President
Tyler. and It is hoped that before long
a fitting memorial will rise oyer me
grave that has so long been neglected II
not forgotten.
This is known as Presidents Hill. from
the fact that these two presidents are
buried there. to await the hnai summons
when the dead shall arise at the final
trumpet call
Upon a gentle slope facing the setting
SIN In the Davis section. Standing upon
a granite pedestal over his grave is
bronze figure of Jefferson Davis, looking
toward the Capital of the Confederacy,
of which he was the first and only presi-
dent Carved out of the whitest marble,
the figure Of an angel with poised wings
was as pure as the chiseled. stone Itself
the loved daughter of the Confederacy.
Winnie Davis.
Born when the red turmoil Of battle
ragged, she lived to be the stay and COM
fort Of her parents, and died In the fuAl
bloom OF lovely wonanhoo d-.lcfal TO the
land that gave her birth. and for winch
her father wore the CALLING shakcles Oh
captivity.
A NEGLECTED GRAVE
On the right OF the driveway, leading
from Presidents Hill to the entrance of
the cemetery, there is neglected grave,
whose small slab is almost concealed
by a vine which tried to cover the hare
ground from the eyes of curious ooser-
vers STOPPING. read the simple eGenu
carved on the slab, &c. i. Wheat Here
within sight of the Capital Of the Con-
federacy, buried in soil enriched by his
loyr,l blood. sleeps in a neglected grave
one of the bravest of the brave. a hero
epen among terat band of heroes who fol-
lowed Lee and Jackson against fear
fua odds for four long years. a major
In the Confederate army. lover of lber-
ia and a defender of the oppressed IN
whatever part of the world they may
have been. This man who sleeps In this
neglected grave was a soldier OF two
continents. HIS stainless sword flashed
An the cause OF liberty IN many lands.
and he gayly gave his life IN the defence
pf Richmond. He fought for the Liberals
IN AIexico and against the Spaniards In
Cuba and crossing the ocean he Sneloeu
I the italians under Garibaldi,, to achieve
their independence. He was honorcd With
q high command by that able soldier
as ne was held in his high esteem. Yet he
Sleeps in quiet Hollywood, neglected and
forgotten and mono 30 Doors as 70 90
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