Lincoln Memorial Cemetery
Details
Established1929
Location
4001 Suitland Rd, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland
CountryUnited States
Coordinates38°51′21″N 76°56′55″W / 38.85583°N 76.94861°W / 38.85583; -76.94861
Typeprivate
Websitewww.memorialplanning.com/cemeteries/lincoln-memorial-cemetery
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Lincoln Memorial Cemetery is a commercial, privately owned, historically Black cemetery located on the south side of Suitland Road (Maryland State Highway 218) in Suitland, Maryland. The cemetery is adjacent to Washington National Cemetery and across the street from the historically white Cedar Hill Cemetery.[1] The cemetery was established in 1927 and is the final resting place of many notable African-Americans, including Walter Washington, Charles Richard Drew, Charles Hamilton Houston, Emmett J Scott, [1] Secretary to Booker T Washington at Tuskegee, Commissioner to Liberia and Author of Scott's Official History of the American Negro in the World War.

and Carter Godwin Woodson,[1] the founder of Black history month.

History

Lincoln Memorial Cemetery (Suitland, Maryland)

Lincoln Memorial Cemetery was founded on part of the Landon dairy farm in 1927 by James Easley Edmunds of Lynchburg, VA for use by Black residents of Washington metropolitan area during a time when cemeteries were segregated and there were few options in the District itself. In the 1920s and 1930s it was one of only two cemeteries for Black residents in the area. The grounds were designed by landscape architect John H. Small.[2]

The most prominent feature in the cemetery is the Bishop W. McCollough mausoleum, which features a statue of the seated Bishop created by Ed Dwight in 1991.

Notable interments

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Black History Revealed in a Local Cemetery". Our Ancestors Revealed. February 22, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  2. African-American Historic and Cultural Resources in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission. February 2012. p. 213. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
  3. Van Dyne, Larry (August 1, 2007). "Into the Sunset: Arrangements and Options for the Afterlife". Washingtonian.
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