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Hebrew Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia)

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323: 1064: 315: 85: 110: 280: 1071: 71: 117: 92: 272:, was founded in 1816 as successor to the Franklin Street Burial Grounds of 1789. Among those interred here is Josephine Cohen Joel, who was well known in the early 20th century as the founder of Richmond Art Co. Within Hebrew Cemetery is a plot known as the 1360: 943: 898: 818: 938: 933: 808: 1038: 1003: 953: 923: 828: 683: 673: 998: 893: 868: 823: 778: 1033: 988: 973: 968: 878: 813: 758: 703: 653: 608: 1355: 1112: 873: 853: 833: 763: 748: 713: 708: 678: 643: 638: 613: 593: 588: 1102: 1023: 1008: 958: 928: 903: 888: 803: 743: 738: 728: 698: 663: 658: 648: 583: 554: 1255: 1147: 978: 963: 948: 918: 863: 858: 843: 793: 788: 783: 768: 723: 668: 628: 618: 603: 1187: 1028: 1018: 908: 883: 848: 773: 688: 598: 1286: 1265: 1197: 1192: 1162: 1137: 1048: 1013: 993: 983: 798: 753: 733: 718: 693: 633: 1097: 1053: 1043: 913: 623: 1270: 1260: 1220: 1212: 1107: 1087: 838: 1177: 1172: 1117: 1380: 1245: 1230: 1182: 1167: 1142: 1122: 1250: 1235: 1225: 1202: 1157: 1132: 1127: 1092: 1207: 1240: 1152: 150: 547: 276:. It contains the graves of 30 Jewish Confederate soldiers who died in or near Richmond. It is one of only two Jewish military cemeteries outside of the State of Israel. 567: 540: 518: 1314: 1309: 109: 441: 1375: 1291: 84: 296: 1385: 1350: 1345: 273: 1319: 48: 1365: 563: 375: 292: 39: 515: 295:
in 2006. It was listed a second time on the National Register of Historic Places on June 16, 2022 as part of the
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Within the Hebrew Cemetery is a section for Hebrew Confederate Soldiers. The cemetery for Jewish veterans of
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DHR Virginia Department of Historic Resources, 127-7231 Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District
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Preliminry Information Form (PIF) for Historic Districts, "Shockoe Hill Burying Ground" (127-7231)
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hebrew Cemetery
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
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Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
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National Register of Historic Places in Richmond, Virginia
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Cemetery for Hebrew Confederate Soldiers, March 2019
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register

Hebrew Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia) is located in Virginia
Hebrew Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia) is located in the United States
Richmond, Virginia
37°33′08″N 77°25′46″W / 37.55222°N 77.42944°W / 37.55222; -77.42944
06000348
Richmond, Virginia
Jewish cemetery
United States
Soldier's Section

Shockoe Hill
National Register of Historic Places
Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District
Congregation Beth Ahabah


World War I
Weissensee, Berlin
Israel
Shockoe Hill
Congregation Beth Ahabah


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service

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