Blanford Cemetery Petersburg, VA

I went to this cemetery when I was in VA this last time. I have been before, but when I stumbled across these pics I felt that they needed to be shared. It is a beautiful cemetery, but the small chruch with the stain glass windows is what is the biggest draw for this location.

Blandford Cemetery - In 1942, M. Clifford Harrison wrote in his book "Home to the Cockade City" that "when we Petersburgers are entertaining out-of- town guests and can't think of any other way to amuse them, we take them to Blandford Cemetery."   Although Petersburg today offers a variety of other
attractions, a visit to Blandford Church and Cemetery remains a must see excursion for visitors to Petersburg.  The oldest marked grave in Blandford
dates to 1702, and the 189 acres cemetery, now owned by the City, contains graves from the Revolutionary War ( Major General William Phillips, British
citizen and commander of the British troops during the 1781 "Battle of Petersburg." - buried in secret by Benedict Arnold) and many civil war
casualties from both north and south. Blandford Cemetery is now being maintained and restored through the efforts of the  Historic Blandford Cemetery
Foundation, Inc. who's website at http://www.hbcf.us/ provides a wealth of information about the cemetery, the church, and tours.  Below are several photographs of Blandford:

Petersburg, Va. Blandford Church and graveyard - 1865 photograph

Photo from public domain archives of Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, reproduction number LC-DIG-cwpb-00544 DLC

Below are a series of recent photographs taken by our staff: