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'''Glenwood Memorial Gardens''' is a 70-acre [[lawn cemetery]] in [[Broomall, Pennsylvania]]. It was originally established in 1849 as a [[rural cemetery]] on 20 acres in [[North Philadelphia]] as '''Glenwood Cemetery'''. Over 700 [[Union army]] and [[Confederate States Army]] soldiers who died in local hospitals during the | '''Glenwood Memorial Gardens''' is a 70-acre [[lawn cemetery]] in [[Broomall, Pennsylvania]]. It was originally established in 1849 as a [[rural cemetery]] on 20 acres in [[North Philadelphia]] as '''Glenwood Cemetery'''. Over 700 [[Union army]] and [[Confederate States Army]] soldiers who died in local hospitals during the American Civil War were buried in the old Glenwood Cemetery. The soldiers' remains were moved to the [[Philadelphia National Cemetery]] in 1891. | ||
By the 1920s, Glenwood Cemetery had fallen into disrepair, suffered from vandalism and was the target for additional new development. The City of Philadelphia closed the cemetery to new burials in 1921 and many families relocated graves, including the famous [[Barrymore family]] of actors. New Glenwood Cemetery was established in 1923 on farm land in Broomall. The remains of 169 [[Mexican–American War]] veterans were reinterred to the Philadelphia National Cemetery in 1927, and the 20-foot high marble monument to their honor was moved with them. | By the 1920s, Glenwood Cemetery had fallen into disrepair, suffered from vandalism and was the target for additional new development. The City of Philadelphia closed the cemetery to new burials in 1921 and many families relocated graves, including the famous [[Barrymore family]] of actors. New Glenwood Cemetery was established in 1923 on farm land in Broomall. The remains of 169 [[Mexican–American War]] veterans were reinterred to the Philadelphia National Cemetery in 1927, and the 20-foot high marble monument to their honor was moved with them. | ||
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[[File:Orphans decorating their fathers' graves in Glenwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, on Decoration Day LCCN2006677411.jpg|thumb|right|Orphans placing flags at their fathers' graves in Old Glenwood Cemetery on [[Memorial Day|Decoration Day]]]] | [[File:Orphans decorating their fathers' graves in Glenwood Cemetery, Philadelphia, on Decoration Day LCCN2006677411.jpg|thumb|right|Orphans placing flags at their fathers' graves in Old Glenwood Cemetery on [[Memorial Day|Decoration Day]]]] | ||
Glenwood was part of the [[United States National Cemetery System]] during the | Glenwood was part of the [[United States National Cemetery System]] during the American Civil War, with a leased lot within the cemetery for 702 Union soldiers who died in nearby hospitals.<ref>{{cite book |title=Annual Report of the Secretary of War, Part 1 |date=1870 |publisher=Government Printing Office |location=Washington |page=233 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sa8dAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA233 |access-date=January 10, 2022 |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110133842/https://books.google.com/books?id=Sa8dAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA233 |url-status=live }}</ref> Several Confederate States Army soldiers who died as prisoners of war in local Philadelphia hospitals were also buried in the cemetery.<ref>{{cite web |title=Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=136480 |website=www.hmdb.org |publisher=The Historical Marker Database |access-date=January 10, 2022 |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110133009/https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=136480 |url-status=live }}</ref> After the Civil War, [[Memorial Day]] ceremonies at the cemetery included orphans placing flags at the graves of their fathers.<ref>{{cite book |title=The National Memorial Day: A Record of Ceremonies Over the Graves of the Union Army Soldiers, May 29 and 30, 1869 |date=1870 |publisher=M'Gill and Witherow |location=Washington, D.C. |page=891 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hMSiIxJdazYC&pg=PA891 |access-date=19 January 2022}}</ref> The soldiers' remains were reinterred to the [[Philadelphia National Cemetery]] in 1891.<ref name=Holt>{{cite book |last=Holt |first=Dean W. |title=American Military Cemeteries, 2d ed. |publisher=McFarland |year=2009 |pages=397 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UtGA-cP3-HsC&pg=PA233 |isbn=978-0786440238}} See p. 233.</ref> | ||
By the 1910s, the cemetery was mostly full and the surrounding city was rapidly expanding. The City of Philadelphia began to develop plans to build streets through parts of the cemetery.<ref name=marplehistory/> The cemetery was abandoned in the 1920s and fell into disrepair.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nepa |first1=Stephen |title=Cemeteries |url=https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/cemeteries/ |website=www.philadelphiaencyclopedia.org |publisher=Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia |access-date=January 8, 2022 |archive-date=January 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107035427/https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/cemeteries/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The cemetery was regularly vandalized and local businesses and churches began to advocate for relocation of the cemetery. In 1921, the City of Philadelphia Health Department banned future interments in the graveyard.<ref name=marplehistory/> | By the 1910s, the cemetery was mostly full and the surrounding city was rapidly expanding. The City of Philadelphia began to develop plans to build streets through parts of the cemetery.<ref name=marplehistory/> The cemetery was abandoned in the 1920s and fell into disrepair.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nepa |first1=Stephen |title=Cemeteries |url=https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/cemeteries/ |website=www.philadelphiaencyclopedia.org |publisher=Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia |access-date=January 8, 2022 |archive-date=January 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107035427/https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/cemeteries/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The cemetery was regularly vandalized and local businesses and churches began to advocate for relocation of the cemetery. In 1921, the City of Philadelphia Health Department banned future interments in the graveyard.<ref name=marplehistory/> | ||