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Greenwood Cemetery is a historic cemetery located in
Orlando, Florida Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida, Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Greater Orlando, Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, acco ...
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History

In 1880, eight Orlando residents pulled together to buy 26 acres of land and form Orlando Cemetery. The name was changed to Greenwood Cemetery in 1915 at the request of two of its founders. The cemetery has expanded with land purchases over time and now has 86 acres of land. Sections of the cemetery are dedicated to Confederate veterans, Union veterans, Spanish-American veterans, World War I veterans and World War II veterans. Moonlight walking tours of the cemetery are popular in Orlando. These tours are led by a sexton and it offers a window into Orlando's history. The west side of the cemetery contains the 19-acre park, Greenwood Urban Wetlands, which was established in 1991. A section of the cemetery contains unmarked plots for the victims of lynchings by whites, according to history professor Vibert White. One such victim, July Perry, who was hung in 1920 after trying to vote in Ocoee, received a headstone in 2002. In the wake of the
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Notable burials

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. * Mayor Cassius Aurelius Boone * Mayor
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* Mayor
James Horace Smith James Horace Smith (October 20, 1852 - June 20, 1931) was the seventeenth Mayor of Orlando from 1904 to 1906. He died at the age of 78 in 1931 and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery (Orlando, Florida), Greenwood Cemetery. References

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See also

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List of cemeteries in the United States This is a list of cemeteries in the United States. The list includes both active and historic sites, and does not include pet cemeteries. At the end of the list by states, cemeteries in territories of the United States are included. The list is ...
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List of cemeteries in Florida This list of cemeteries in Florida includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable. It does not include pet ...


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External links

* * {{Find a Grave cemetery Cemeteries in Florida 1880 establishments in Florida Buildings and structures in Orlando, Florida Cemeteries established in the 1880s