Grave of John Wilkes Booth

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I had a great experience when I first visited the cemetery about two years ago. There are maps of the cemetery which you can pick up when you arrive. In addition to the Booth family plot, there are other notable people buried at Green Mount Cemetery, including Harriet Lane, Confederate Generls Joe Johnston and Isaac Trimble, and Reverdy Johnson. Also, the Weaver Vault is not to miss. That is where JWB's remains where kept prior to his burial.

Although the cemetery does close at a certain hour, from my experience it is perfectly safe to visit. The only hazardous part of the cemetery that I encountered was that many of the stones are very old and weak (the cemetery dates back to the 1830's) So people with young children who visit need to be careful their children do not try to push or climb these heavy, fragile stones.