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:''This article is about the Catholic cemetery in Frederick, Maryland. For the Catholic cemetery in Queens, New York see Saint John's Cemetery, Queens.'' St. John’s Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery located in Frederick, Maryland. The cemetery is operated by St. John the Evangelist Holy Catholic Church in Frederick, Maryland. The cemetery is located at East 3rd Street Frederick, Maryland 21701. ==History== The grounds which would become St. John’s Cemetery was first used as a cemetery for the internment of Henry, a free black man who died of cholera in 1832. St. John’s Cemetery was officially established in 1845. 〔Guynn, Susan. ''Cemetery is historic resting place''The Frederick News Post'', Frederick, 18 September 2010.〕 St John’s Cemetery contains a number of graves from French settlers who fled the St. Domingue Slave revolt of 1791. The family of Etienne Bellumeau de la Vincendière made their way to Frederick, Maryland possibly via Charleston, South Carolina. Etienne established himself in Charleston and was moved to Frederick to be buried in the family plot with his wife Margeurite.〔Reed and Wallace (1999). ''Monocacy National Battlefield: Cultural Resources Study'', p. 92-94. National Park Service, Hagerstown. ISBN 0160727286.〕 His eldest daughter Victoire, acquired the land and managed L’Hermitage plantation, notorious for the poor treatment of its many slaves,〔Ruane, Micheal. “Brutal slave history unearthed at Frederick County’s L’Hermitage” ''The Washington Post'', Frederick, 26 August 2010.〕 her sister Adelaide and her nephew Enoch Louis Lowe are also buried at St John’s Cemetery.〔 Lowe would become the 29th Governor of Maryland. John Payne Boisneuf, brother of Etienne, is buried nearby. Boisneuf was among the many French nationals who condemned Marie Antoinette to death in France on October 16, 1793.〔 Three French soldiers are buried at St. John’s Cemetery. Francis Luber and Herman Weber fought for Napoleon Bonaparte at the battle of Waterloo. Peter Nicolas Simard, buried nearby, was a member of the National Order of the Legion of Honour.〔 There are 3 soldiers from the Revolutionary War, 1 from the French and Indian War, 17 from the War of 1812, 16 confederate and 34 union soldiers from the American Civil War, as well as veterans from World War I, World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War.〔 In 1998, 10 union soldiers were dedicated at St. John’s Cemetery. For the prior 138 years they had been in graves without headstones. Funeral director and amateur historian Keith Robertson identified the soldiers after 4 years and research. Mr. Robertson requested that the Veterans Administration provide the headstones, which they did, as they are required to by law.〔Robb, Julia. ''Civil War tombstones dedicated at St. John’s''The Frederick News Post'', Frederick, 20 July 1998.〕 A 25-year-old man, who was hung on December 24, 1861, for killing his superior officer on September 22, 1861, also received a marker but was not dedicated.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St. John's Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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