Union Cemetery
Redwood City, San Mateo County, California, USA
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Redwood City, California, 94061 USACoordinates: 37.47327, -122.22314 - historicunioncemetery.org/
- Cemetery ID: 747156
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Operated from 1859 to 1963.
National Register of Historic Places No.83001237.
California State Historic Landmark 816.
Union Cemetery's name reflects the controversy that erupted in the Civil War, three years after the cemetery's beginnings in 1859. Pro- and anti-slavery feelings ran high in California, and the founders of the cemetery strongly opposed the secessionist sentiment that threatened the nation's unity. Because of a controversy over the cemetery's ownership, the state enacted its first cemetery legislation, although its provisions did not affect Union Cemetery. The law of 1859 allowed for the incorporation of rural burial grounds. The state of California owned Union Cemetery from 1859 until 1962 when it was deeded to Redwood City.
Union Cemetery consists of six acres and contains an estimated 2,400 burials, including approximately 40 Civil War veterans in the Grand Army of the Republic plot.
National Register of Historic Places No.83001237.
California State Historic Landmark 816.
Union Cemetery's name reflects the controversy that erupted in the Civil War, three years after the cemetery's beginnings in 1859. Pro- and anti-slavery feelings ran high in California, and the founders of the cemetery strongly opposed the secessionist sentiment that threatened the nation's unity. Because of a controversy over the cemetery's ownership, the state enacted its first cemetery legislation, although its provisions did not affect Union Cemetery. The law of 1859 allowed for the incorporation of rural burial grounds. The state of California owned Union Cemetery from 1859 until 1962 when it was deeded to Redwood City.
Union Cemetery consists of six acres and contains an estimated 2,400 burials, including approximately 40 Civil War veterans in the Grand Army of the Republic plot.
Operated from 1859 to 1963.
National Register of Historic Places No.83001237.
California State Historic Landmark 816.
Union Cemetery's name reflects the controversy that erupted in the Civil War, three years after the cemetery's beginnings in 1859. Pro- and anti-slavery feelings ran high in California, and the founders of the cemetery strongly opposed the secessionist sentiment that threatened the nation's unity. Because of a controversy over the cemetery's ownership, the state enacted its first cemetery legislation, although its provisions did not affect Union Cemetery. The law of 1859 allowed for the incorporation of rural burial grounds. The state of California owned Union Cemetery from 1859 until 1962 when it was deeded to Redwood City.
Union Cemetery consists of six acres and contains an estimated 2,400 burials, including approximately 40 Civil War veterans in the Grand Army of the Republic plot.
National Register of Historic Places No.83001237.
California State Historic Landmark 816.
Union Cemetery's name reflects the controversy that erupted in the Civil War, three years after the cemetery's beginnings in 1859. Pro- and anti-slavery feelings ran high in California, and the founders of the cemetery strongly opposed the secessionist sentiment that threatened the nation's unity. Because of a controversy over the cemetery's ownership, the state enacted its first cemetery legislation, although its provisions did not affect Union Cemetery. The law of 1859 allowed for the incorporation of rural burial grounds. The state of California owned Union Cemetery from 1859 until 1962 when it was deeded to Redwood City.
Union Cemetery consists of six acres and contains an estimated 2,400 burials, including approximately 40 Civil War veterans in the Grand Army of the Republic plot.
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- Added: 6 Sep 2001
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 747156
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City of Redwood City
State of California Landmark #816
National Register of Historic Places
Redwood City Historic Landmark, Built 1859
Historic Site
City of Redwood City
State of California Landmark #816
National Register of Historic Places
Redwood City Historic Landmark, Built 1859
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