Glendale National Cemetery
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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
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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"
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Glendale National Cemetery
- Glendale National Cemetery at Find a Grave
- Pages with reference errors
- Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Henrico County, Virginia
- Second Empire architecture in Virginia
- 1866 establishments in Virginia
- Protected areas of Henrico County, Virginia
- Cemeteries in Richmond, Virginia
- United States national cemeteries
- Virginia in the American Civil War
- Historic American Landscapes Survey in Virginia
