Woodlawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Washington, D.C.. It occupies approximately 22.5 acres in southeast DC. Founded in 1895, it was closed in 1970.

Buried there are many prominent Americans, including Blanche Kelso Bruce, a U.S. Senator from Mississippi, and John Mercer Langston

John Mercer Langston

John Mercer Langston was an American abolitionist, attorney, educator, and political activist. He was the first dean of the law school at Howard University and helped create the department. He was the first president of what is now Virginia State University. In 1888 he was the first African...

 a Congressman from Virginia.

Volunteers are working to restore the cemetery, using ground penetrating radar, after decades of neglect.

A play "Woodlawn," about the cemetery was produced by Young Playwrights' Theater.

Notable interments

• Blanche K. Bruce
• Mary P. Burrill
  Mary P. Burrill
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• Will Marion Cook
  Will Marion Cook
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• John W. Cromwell
• W. Bruce Evans
• John R. Francis
• John Mercer Langston
  John Mercer Langston
  John Mercer Langston was an American abolitionist, attorney, educator, and political activist. He was the first dean of the law school at Howard University and helped create the department. He was the first president of what is now Virginia State University. In 1888 he was the first African...
  
  
• Jesse Lawson
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• Mary Meriwether
• Daniel Murray
  Daniel Murray
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• Major Frederick Revels

External links

• Woodlawn Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) Official Page
• "Woodlawn-Cemetery" wikimapia
• http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=42050