Ivy Hill Cemetery

Ivy Hill Cemetery is a cemetery in the Rosemont Historic District of Alexandria, Virginia, United States. Burials began at the site in 1811, when it was a family cemetery, and it received a charter as a community cemetery in 1856. The adjoining residential neighborhood was developed beginning in 1908 as a streetcar suburb of Washington, D.C., as trolley lines of the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon railway extended from Alexandria's nearby Union Station (opened 1905). The cemetery is now also known for its rare and protected flora and fauna.Notable burialsJudge Albert Vickers BryanCongressman Charles Creighton CarlinJohn Critcher's daughter, painter Catharine Carter CritcherCongressman John CritcherBryan Fairfax, 8th Lord Fairfax of CameronRailroad magnate Fairfax HarrisonRichard Bland LeeInfamous Confederate spy Benjamin Franklin StringfellowNicholas TristNazi, German, later American, aerospace engineer and space architect Wernher von BraunHarry H. Vaughan, military aide to President Harry S. TrumanAmelita WardDescendants of the Washington family