Lincoln Memorial Cemetery (Suitland, Maryland)

Lincoln Memorial Cemetery
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Established	1929
Location	4001 Suitland Rd, Suitland, Prince George's County, Maryland
Country	United States
Coordinates	38°51′21″N 76°56′55″W / 38.85583°N 76.94861°W / 38.85583; -76.94861
Type	private
Website	www.memorialplanning.com/cemeteries/lincoln-memorial-cemetery
Find a Grave	Lincoln Memorial Cemetery

Lincoln Memorial Cemetery is a commercial, privately owned, historically Black cemetery located on the south side of Suitland Road (Maryland State Highway 218) in Suitland, Maryland. The cemetery is adjacent to Washington National Cemetery and across the street from the historically white Cedar Hill Cemetery.^[1] The cemetery was established in 1927 and is the final resting place of many notable African-Americans, including Walter Washington, Charles Richard Drew, Charles Hamilton Houston, Emmett J Scott, ^[1] Secretary to Booker T Washington at Tuskegee, Commissioner to Liberia and Author of Scott's Official History of the American Negro in the World War.

and Carter Godwin Woodson,^[1] the founder of Black history month.