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1. LOUDON_130707_042.JPG: Vernon E. Jefferson aged fifteen Nelson A. Miles aged seventeen Walter Clark Millikin aged thirteen Thomas A. Pilker, Jr. aged thirteen Lester Alfred Seligman aged fifteen Members of the Evening Sun Newsboys Band who lost their lives in the burning of the steamer Three Rivers in the Chesapeake Bay off Cove Point July IV MCMXXIV [July 4, 1924] "They have moved a little nearer to the master of all music." On the evening of July 4, 1924 the steamship Three Rivers of the Baltimore and Virginia Steamboat Company was travelling along the Chesapeake Bay towards Baltimore when it caught fire off Cove Point. Ten people were killed in the tragedy, including five boys who were members of the Evening Sun Newsboys Band. The five boys, Vernon E. Jefferson, Nelson A. Miles, Walter Clark Millikin, Thomas A. Pilker, Jr., and Lester Alfred Seligman are all buried in front of the memorial. The Evening Sun newspaper erected this memorial to their memory.
2. LOUDON_130707_199.JPG: In memory of Bradley Tyler Johnson Brigadier General CSA Born September 29, 1629 [sic] Died October 5, 1903
3. LOUDON_130707_205.JPG: "He is bold & intelligent, ardent and true." R.E. Lee to President Davis, June 26, 1864
4. LOUDON_130707_232.JPG: Capt Wm H Murray
5. LOUDON_130707_326.JPG: John F Wiessener, Jr. George F. Wiessener
6. LOUDON_130707_431.JPG: "Dedicated to the valiant volunteer fire fighters of yesteryear and to today's professionals." -- The Welsh Family
7. LOUDON_130707_468.JPG: In memory of Mary Young Pickersgill (1776-1857): In the summer of 1813, Baltimore was preparing to defend itself against another invasion by the British, a "second war of independence." Baltimore's most prominent flag-maker at that time was a widow named Mary Young Pickersgill. In the early summer of 1813, Major George Armistead, commandant of Fort McHenry, requested a large ensign to be flown over the fort as "a symbol of defiance." Mrs. Pickersgill was asked to make such an ensign; a 15-star, 15-stripe, 30x42 foot flag. This banner became the inspiration behind the writing of our National Anthem. Mary Pickersgill was considered to be a woman of charm and culture, vivacious and public-spirited. She not only continued to be listed as "a maker of ships' colours and signals," but was a woman quite sympathetic to the plight of deserted wives, widows, and orphans of war veterans. A group of ladies formed an association to find work for these women, and this group was known as "The Impartial Female Humane Society." Mary Pickersgill became the group's president in 1850, and served in this capacity until her death, October 4, 1857. During her presidency, the Aged Women's Home at Franklin Square was founded and built. In 1958, the home moved to Towson, north of Baltimore, and changed the name to "Pickersgill." The home continues to care for aged women and men. Mary Young Pickersgill is buried here in Loudon Park in Section AA near the Frederick Avenue entrance.
8. LOUDON_130707_474.JPG: These gardens are dedicated to the valiant men and women who proudly served our country in times of conflict and peace and to the families whose loved ones risked their lives for the protection and defense of our nation.
Wikipedia Description: Loudon Park Cemetery
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 420 acre (1.3 km�) Loudon Park Cemetery was incorporated in 1853 on the site of "Loudon," the estate of James Carey, a Baltimore merchant, city councilman, and founder of the Maryland National Bank. With a spacious Roman entry-arch on Frederick Avenue, it was built on an elevated plateau in the current Baltimore neighborhood of Irvington. Remains were transferred from city cemeteries, notably old St. Peter's, Whatcoat, and Zion graveyards, taken over by urban construction. The Federal government purchased land on the eastern edge after the Civil War, eventually acquiring the entire cemetery. It was re-designated the Loudon Park National Cemetery about the time of World War I. Highly accessible, it received remains transported by rail over the Pennsylvania Railway, or on the "Delores," a hearse trolley car on city lines. The Delores delivered caskets to the Frederick Avenue gate that were then transferred by horse carriage or along the cemetery's own trolley line from the Frederick to the Wilkens side of the cemetery.

o The Federal Government only owns a very small part of the eastern corner of the cemetery - which is named Loudon National Cemetery which is accessible from Frederick Avenue. Loudon Park Cemetery was purchased and is still owned by Stewart Enterprises, Inc. The entrance for Loudon Park Cemetery is located at 3620 Wilkens Avenue.

Veterans' graves distinguish Loudon Park. "Government Lot" was acquired by the Federal Government in 1861 for the remains of Union soldiers, 2300 eventually being buried there. An army sergeant domiciled in a cemetery cottage kept watch over the plot for many years. Some 275 Confederate soldiers were buried in a section designated "Confederate Hill." Burials began when lot holders donated plots in 1862, midway through the Civil War, the Cemetery subsequently exchanging these plots to insure a uniform section. The statue of a Confederate soldier guarded by two angels with wreath and torch was sculpted on the plot in 1870 by Adalsbert J. Volck. A monument to mothers and widows was eventually erected by The Ladies Confederate Memorial and Aid Society. Veterans' organizations held ceremonies and picnics at the "Hill" on Confederate Memorial Day, June 6th, until the early 1930s.

o There are over 600 Confederate soldiers buried on Confederate Hill. Confederate Memorial Day is still celebrated every year on the first Saturday of June. The ceremonies are open to the public every year.

William Wilkens, Mary Pickersgill, flag-maker of the banner hoisted over Fort McHenry in 1812, H.L. Mencken, and Ensign C. Markland Kelly, Jr., the World War II hero shot down while piloting a single-seat plane in the Battle of Midway, are also buried here. Notable monuments included the Ottmar Mergenthaler Monument for the German-born Baltimore inventor of the Linotype.

Source: City of Baltimore

Persons of note interred:

* Thomas Beck (December 29, 1909 – September 23, 1995), Actor
* Charles Joseph Bonaparte (June 9, 1851 – June 28, 1921), Former United States Attorney General, former United States Secretary of the Navy, founder of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
* Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte (July 7, 1805 – June 1, 1870), son of J�r�me Bonaparte, nephew of Emperor Napoleon I, father of Charles Joseph Bonaparte, born in England.
* William Samuel Booze (January 9, 1862 – December 6, 1933, Former Congressman from Maryland.
* Abel G. Cadwallader (1841 – July 6, 1907), Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient.
* Jack L. Chalker (December 17, 1944 – February 11, 2005), author
* Barnes Compton (November 16, 1830 – December 2, 1898), Former Congressman and Maryland State Treasurer.
* Frederick Nicholls Crouch (July 30, 1808 – August 18, 1896), Composer
* Charles W. Field (April 6, 1828 – April 9, 1892), Military officer in the United States, Confederate and Egyptian armies
* James Albert Gary (October 22, 1833 – October 31, 1920), Former United States Postmaster General.
* Harry Gilmor (January 24, 1838 – March 4, 1883), Confederate cavalry officer and Baltimore City Police Commissioner.
* William Kimmel, August 15, 1812 – December 28, 1886, U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 3rd District, 1877-1881.
* William W. McIntire, (June 30, 1850 – March 30, 1912), U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 3rd District, 1897-1899.
* H. L. Mencken (September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956), Journalist, critic, author, and essayist.
* Ottmar Mergenthaler (May 11, 1854 – October 28, 1899), Inventor of the Linotype.
* Mary Young Pickersgill (1776 – 1857), Flag-maker of the banner hoisted over Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore.
* Robert John Reynolds (March 17, 1838 – June 10, 1909), Former Governor of Delaware.
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