Hendersonville History Walks - Oakdale Cemetery

On Saturday, June 14, the walk begins at 10 a.m. in the cemetery on U.S. 64 W. This tour of Historic Oakdale Cemetery, Hendersonville’s only municipal cemetery, whispers stories of the town’s early days and colorful citizens. The famous Italian marble monument which inspired the title of Thomas Wolfe’s novel Look Homeward, Angel is in Oakdale, along with both marked and unmarked graves of historic figures. The heritage of our African-American community is told in the Black section of the cemetery, while the designated Jewish cemetery reveals how the town grew to embrace ethnic and religious groups through the years. How and why the cemetery was established in 1883, names of those who helped build the town and where they were laid to rest, where the Sunshine Lady is buried, and more questions will be answered.

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