Union Cemetery

Historical Sites, Historical SitesLeesburg, VA

Established in 1855 on the immediate outskirts of Leesburg, Union cemetery was created as a public cemetery open to people of all faiths.

It predated three other 'Union' cemeteries in Loudoun County established at Hillsboro, Waterford and Lovettsville. The cemetery contains the 1908 Union Chapel and several notable monuments, including a Confederate War Memorial at

the north end of the site, and an imperfectly cut 30-foot- high granite column, allegedly designed for a D.C. public building, but rejected and brought to the cemetery in the 1890s.

Union Cemetery

323 North King Street
Leesburg, VA 20175

Loudoun County, VA
703-777-3186
http://www.interment.net/data/us/va/loudoun/union.htm

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