Glendale National Cemetery

	Glendale National Cemetery
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Richmond, Virginia
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Area	6.6 acres (2.7 ha)
Built	1866
Architect	Meigs, Montgomery C.
Architectural style	Second Empire
MPS	Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS
NRHP reference No.	[[[:Template:NRHP Focus]] 96000026]
Template:Designation/abbreviation No.	043-0753
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 26, 1996
Designated Template:Designation/abbreviation	October 18, 1995

Glendale National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located near the city of Richmond, in Henrico County, Virginia. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 2.1 acres (0.85 ha), and as of the end of 2005 had 2,064 interments. It is closed to new interments.

History

Glendale National Cemetery was established on May 7, 1866, and named after a farmstead that was on the property at the time. The original interments were the remains of Union soldiers who died at the Battle of Malvern Hill and other nearby American Civil War battlefields.

Glendale National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

Notable interments

Corporal Michael Fleming Folland (1949–1969), Medal of Honor recipient for action in the Vietnam War.

References

↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009. https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP.
↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm.

External links

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National Cemetery Administration
Glendale National Cemetery
Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) No. VA-5, "Glendale National Cemetery, 8301 Willis Church Road, Richmond, Independent City, VA"
[[[:Template:GNIS URL]] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Glendale National Cemetery]
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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009. https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP.

[register-2] "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm.

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