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Il cimitero di Rock Creek ( Rock Creek Cemetery in lingua inglese) è un cimitero statunitense che si estende per 3,5 ettari fra la Creek Church Road, NW, e la Webster Street, NW, a Washington, nelle vicinanze del Michigan Park. Esso è anche sede del President Lincoln and Soldiers’ Home National Monument, dell'United States ...
August 12, 1977. Rock Creek Cemetery is an 86-acre (350,000 m 2) cemetery with a natural and rolling landscape located at Rock Creek Church Road, NW, and Webster Street, NW, off Hawaii Avenue, NE, in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, D.C., across the street from the historic Soldiers' Home and the Soldiers' Home Cemetery.
The Adams Memorial is a grave marker for Marian Hooper Adams and Henry Adams located in Section E of Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. The memorial features a cast bronze allegorical sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (which he called The Mystery of the Hereafter and The Peace of God that Passeth Understanding , but which was ...
21 apr 2024 · A Remarkable Resting Place for Souls of All Faiths. Lush landscape, breathtaking sculptures and notable history combine to make Rock Creek Cemetery the most beautiful and evocative public cemetery in the nation’s capital. Dating from 1719, the Cemetery is also Washington’s oldest cemetery and was designed as part of the rural ...
Rock Creek Cemetery. Kauffmann Memorial is a public artwork by American artist William Ordway Partridge, located at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D.C., United States. Kauffmann Memorial was originally surveyed as part of the Smithsonian's Save Outdoor Sculpture! survey in 1993.
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Battleground National Cemetery is a military burial ground, located along Georgia Avenue near Fort Stevens, in Washington, D.C.'s Brightwood neighborhood. The cemetery is managed by the National Park Service, together with other components of Rock Creek Park.
Owned by the governing body of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Rock Creek Parish — the only surviving colonial church in Washington, D.C. — the Cemetery is part of 100 acres of land donated by Colonel John Bradford in 1719. In 1840, an Act of Congress designated the grounds as a public cemetery for the city of Washington.
