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Magnolia Cemetery

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Established in 1836, Magnolia Cemetery is a municipal cemetery that today encompasses over fifty thousand burials in 120 acres, including two Alabama governors, seven congressmen, twenty mayors, six generals, rabbis, free blacks, society women, Apache Indians, writers, and citizens from all walks of life. Significant sections include Jewish Rest (1844), Confederate Rest (1862), National Cemetery (1866), and plots belonging to fraternal organizations. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
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