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Woodland Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia)

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Woodland Cemetery is a historically African American cemetery in Northeast Richmond, Virginia located directly east of the Highland Park neighborhood. Opening in 1916, it was built as a resting place for the Black elite of Richmond. Woodland was laid out in the shape of an arrowhead pointing north to symbolize the way enslaved blacks once looked north to freedom.

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Woodland Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia)
Rogers Street, Richmond Fairmount

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Rogers Street 1706
23223 Richmond, Fairmount
Virginia, United States
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