Woodlawn Cemetery

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Title

Woodlawn Cemetery

Source

“Army Swallows Hamlet,” Washington Daily News, October 11, 1941.
The History of Woodlawn U.M.C., 1866 to 1989, Alexandria, Virginia / edited by Youtha C. Hardman- Cromwell. Alexandria, VA: Pastor-Parish Relations Committee, 1989. Held in the Virginia Room, Fairfax Regional Library.

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Location

Is located on Fort Belvoir adjacent to the intersection of Woodlawn, Gorgas and Meeres Roads. It is on its original location where the African American community of Woodlawn Crossings existed prior to the 1941 expansion of Fort Belvoir when properties were condemned and residents relocated, many of them to Gum Springs.

District

Mount Vernon

Collection

Citation

“Woodlawn Cemetery,” Fairfax County African American History Inventory, accessed September 19, 2024, https://fairfaxaahi.centerformasonslegacies.com/items/show/42.

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