page_title: Ivy Hill Cemetery (Alexandria, Virginia)
hierarchical_section_title: Ivy Hill Cemetery (Alexandria, Virginia)
caption_attribution_description: Grave of the German-American scientist, Wernher von Braun, in Ivy Hill Cemetery in Alexandria, Virginia
context_page_description: Ivy Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in the Rosemont Historic District of Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Burials began at the site in 1811, when it was a family cemetery, and it received a charter as a community cemetery in 1856. The adjoining residential neighborhood was developed beginning in 1908 as a streetcar suburb of Washington, D.C., as trolley lines of the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon railway extended from Alexandria's nearby Union Station. The cemetery is now also known for its rare and protected flora and fauna.
context_section_description: Ivy Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in the Rosemont Historic District of Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Burials began at the site in 1811, when it was a family cemetery, and it received a charter as a community cemetery in 1856. The adjoining residential neighborhood was developed beginning in 1908 as a streetcar suburb of Washington, D.C., as trolley lines of the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon railway extended from Alexandria's nearby Union Station (opened 1905). The cemetery is now also known for its rare and protected flora and fauna.
caption: The grave of rocket scientist and space exploration pioneer Wernher von Braun
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