Mount Olivet Cemetery
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Mount Olivet Cemetery
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Established in 1854 and featuring the gravesites of Francis Scott Key (National Anthem author), Barbara Fritchie (Whittier’s Poem), and Thomas Johnson (first Governor of Maryland). The Monument to the Unknown Confederate Soldiers was unveiled in 1881 to honor the soldiers of the Confederate army who fell in battles of the Civil War and who are buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Visitation from dawn to dusk, 365 days a year.