Join us at Elmwood Cemetery in Norfolk, VA on Monday June 8th, 2026!
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Elmwood Cemetery
238 E Princess Anne Road Norfolk, VA 23510
6/08/2026 9am-3pm
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Location Details (keep scrolling for Google maps)
Local contact info for any questions: Diana Ramsey - magnoliafarms@cox.net - (757) 619-0540
Parking: Parking is available anywhere around the office on the left as you enter the cemetery, park close to the grass. Meet at the picnic tables on the right of the office.
Cemetery Background/Info
Norfolk's Elmwood Cemetery, established in 1850, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a fascinating insight into the 19th century America.
The Victorian romantic idea of death as sleep is evident in many inscriptions on stones as well as in the design of bed-like markers.
Notables:
Hugh Blair Grigsby
Robert Hughes
William Lamb
Francis Mallory
Walter H. Taylor
Littleton Waller Tazewell
*Info above and photos below provided by our local event hosts Diana Ramsey & Cindy Meier*
Elmwood Cemetery is a 50-acre municipal cemetery established in 1853. It is just across the street from Norfolk’s first municipal cemetery, Cedar Grove, and beside Norfolk’s first African American cemetery, West Point. Designed in mid-nineteenth century grid style, Elmwood is filled with monuments and mausoleums that embody the pathos and symbolism of the Victorian era’s romantic idea of death as temporary sleep.
*info taken from NSCCVA.org*
