Wilmington & Brandywine Cemetery, Wilmington

Wilmington & Brandywine Cemetery is located downtown and abuts Christiana Care Hospital's campus. The cemetery was established in the mid-19th century, and it now occupies almost 30 acres. The majestic Lebanon cedar at the main entrance was brought from Palestine and is as old as the cemetery. Heroes, generals and officers of the First World War, the first president of Delaware, senators and governors, and regular citizens are all buried here. Simple and magnificent tombstones and graceful mausoleums mark the graves at Wilmington & Brandywine Cemetery.