Woodlawn in the Bronx, New York has a lot of notable people buried there, so I decided to not let this beautiful summer day go to waste and head to the cemetery. (My friends probably think I am crazy lol)
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- Madam C.J. Walker entrepreneur, philanthropist, and the first female self-made millionaire in America
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- Madam C.J. Walker
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- Woodlawn Enterance
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- Woodlawn Plaque
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- Miles Davis an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century
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- Lionel Hampton a jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor
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- Woodlawn
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- Duke Ellington an American composer, pianist and bandleader of jazz orchestras. He led his orchestra from 1923 until his death,
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- Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet an American jazz tenor saxophonist, best remembered for his solo on “Flying Home”
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- W.C. Handy an American blues composer and musician.[1] He was widely known as the “Father of the Blues”
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- Max Roach a Musician, composer, educator, civil rights activist
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- Bat Masterson a figure of the American Old West known as a buffalo hunter, U.S. Marshal and Army scout
If it’s any consolation I don’t think your crazy. There are a lot of famous people buried at Woodlawn. None more so than the great Duke Ellington. An interesting post.
Thank you lol. I am really glad I went, I will probably go back and the rest of the headstones I didn’t get a chance to see.
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Fascinating! Great photos. BTW: I love riding my bike through our local cemeteries….maybe I’m a bit twisted, hmmm!
Thanks! If I had a bike I might do the same thing lol.
Another great article, keep the good work. You are the “GREATEST”
Thanks Cuz!