Richmond’s oldest city-owned cemetery is undergoing a renaissance, and its friends want to reintroduce the all-but-forgotten burial ground – and its many stories – to the region. The Friends of Shockoe Hill Cemetery, a citizen’s group devoted to helping restore and maintain the city landmark, will host a special celebration for the public at the cemetery on Sunday, September 20, from Noon to 4:00 p.m. Special tours beginning at 1:00 will focus on themes such as the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, Edgar Allen Poe’s lovers and friends, and the other notables buried there, including Chief Justice John Marshall. Noted bagpipe artist Tim Batten of Hanover will perform at 12:30, and refreshments will be served.

Shockoe Hill Cemetery is located between 2nd, Hospital, 4th, and Bates streets, just north of downtown Richmond. Guests are requested to enter the
cemetery through the main Bates Street Entrance. Road signs at 4th and Hospital streets will direct traffic to the entrance gate.

RAIN DATE: Sunday, Sept. 27 Contact Doug Welsh, President, at (804) 339-6007, for more information, or visit http://foshc.rrpfoundation.org.

The Friends of Shockoe Hill Cemetery partners with the Richmond Depart- ment of Parks, Recreation, and Community Facilities to preserve Shockoe Hill Cemetery and as stewards promoting the burial ground through education,
City of Richmond Recreation, Parks and Community Facilities
celebration, restoration and care.