Richmond, Virginia: 90-Foot-Tall Confederate Pyramid
Ninety feet tall, a kind of collective tombstone for 18,000 Confederate dead. It's been here since 1869.
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Hollywood Cemetery - Pyramid
While in Richmond recently, I decided to check out Hollywood Cemetery. It's a really beautiful old place. Lots of hills, curving roads, and ornate tombstones and statues. There is indeed a cast iron statue of a dog guarding the grave of a child, but the inscription on the stone was so old and weathered that I couldn't read it.
The "weird Confederate pyramid" mentioned in a previous tip is HUGE and made out of giant chunks of rock. I'm guessing here, but based on some pictures I took with people standing near it, it looks like it's at least fifty feet tall. It was built in 1869 in a section of the cemetery that has over eighteen thousand Confederate graves.
[Dean Jeffrey, 09/28/2001]Weird Confederate Pyramid
Hollywood Cemetery is certainly an interesting place. It's a really cool place to have a picnic and take some black and white pictures. Jeff Davis, James Monroe, and John Tyler are buried there. The best parts, though, are this massive stone pyramid erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy, and this cast-iron statue of a dog guarding the grave of a baby.
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90-Foot-Tall Confederate Pyramid
Hollywood Cemetery
- Address:
- 412 S. Cherry St., Richmond, VA
- Directions:
- Hollywood Cemetery. South edge of downtown. Entrance into the cemetery at S. Cherry and Albermarle Sts. Once inside, make first right onto Confederate Ave., then a quarter-mile to pyramid.
- Hours:
- Daily 8-6. Gated after hours. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 804-648-8501
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