Lincoln Memorial Cemetery (Suitland, Maryland)
Historic cemetery in Prince George's County, Maryland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other cemeteries with this name, see Lincoln Memorial Cemetery.
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery is a commercial, privately owned, historically Black cemetery located on the south side of Suitland Road (Maryland State Highway 218) in Suitland, Maryland. The cemetery is adjacent to Washington National Cemetery and across the street from the historically white Cedar Hill Cemetery.[1] The cemetery was established in 1927 and is the final resting place of many notable African-Americans, including Walter Washington, Charles Richard Drew, Charles Hamilton Houston, Emmett J Scott, [1] Secretary to Booker T Washington at Tuskegee, Commissioner to Liberia and Author of Scott's Official History of the American Negro in the World War.
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Established | 1929 |
Location | 4001 Suitland Rd, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 38°51′21″N 76°56′55″W |
Type | private |
Website | www |
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and Carter Godwin Woodson,[1] the founder of Black history month.