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Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Looking_NW_and_vertical_at_Italianate_gatehouse_-_Oak_Hill_Cemetery_-_2013-09-04.jpg) Italianate gatehouse, Oak Hill Cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Established | 1848 |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 38°54′46″N 77°03′33″W / 38.9127°N 77.0592°W |
| Type | private |
| Size | 22 acres (8.9 ha) |
| Website | www |
| Find a Grave | Oak Hill Cemetery |
| The Political Graveyard | Oak Hill Cemetery |
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Oak Hill Cemetery is a historic 22-acre (8.9 ha) cemetery located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the United States. It was founded in 1848 and completed in 1853, and is a prime example of a rural cemetery. Many famous politicians, business people, military people, diplomats, and philanthropists are buried at Oak Hill, and the cemetery has a number of Victorian-style memorials and monuments. Oak Hill has two structures which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Oak Hill Cemetery Chapel and the Van Ness Mausoleum.
The cemetery's interment of "Willie" Lincoln, deceased son of president Abraham Lincoln, was the inspiration for the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders.[1]
- ^ Kelly, John (April 17, 2017). "Perspective | 'Lincoln in the Bardo' novel has people flocking to a Georgetown cemetery". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
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