IRON DOG OF HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY

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IRON DOG OF HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY
IRON DOG OF HOLLYWOOD CEMETERY

One of the most popular and well-known monuments in Richmond's Hollywood Cemetery is the cast-iron Newfoundland standing guard over a grave. There are many versions of the Iron Dog story, It is fairly certain that a female toddler is buried here and her name Rees. While her first name is in dispute, it may have been Florence, Elizabeth and Bernadine, She is thought to have died of a childhood disease (maybe scarlet fever) in 1862 before she reached the age of 3.There are a few stories on how the dog came to be here. The most popular was
It was moved to the gravesite to keep it from being melted down to make bullets. A second story is the Iron Dog’s owner remembered how much the girl liked to pat the statue, so he gave it to her family to guard her grave. The third story is The girl’s family bought Iron Dog and placed it at the grave as a memorial to her. No matter the story, The Dog standing guard at the little girls grave is one of the most visited memorial in Hollywood Cemetery.

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