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Gate of Heaven Cemetery (Silver Spring, Maryland)

January 31, 2023

Gate of Heaven Cemetery is a cemetery located in the Aspen Hill section of Silver Spring, Maryland, in the United States. It is operated and maintained by the Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Washington, Inc.[1] At the time of the cemetery's consecration in 1956, it was the first Roman Catholic archdiocesan cemetery to open in the Washington metropolitan area in 70 years. The grounds of Gate of Heaven Cemetery are centered around a series of internal roads and pathways, which in combination, form the shape of the Latin Cross.[2][3]

Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Details
EstablishedJune 17, 1956; 66 years ago (1956-06-17)
Location
CountryUnited States
Coordinates39°04′59″N 77°04′26″W / 39.0830492°N 77.0739797°W / 39.0830492; -77.0739797 (Gate of Heaven Cemetery)Coordinates: 39°04′59″N 77°04′26″W / 39.0830492°N 77.0739797°W / 39.0830492; -77.0739797 (Gate of Heaven Cemetery)
TypeRoman Catholic
StyleTraditional lawn
Owned byCatholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Washington, Inc.
Size92 acres (37.23 ha)
Map
Websitewww.ccaw.org/cemeteries_gateheaven.html
Find a GraveGate of Heaven Cemetery
The Political GraveyardGate of Heaven Cemetery
Footnotes"Gate of Heaven Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. September 12, 1979. Retrieved January 17, 2019.

About the cemetery

The District of Columbia was founded in 1791, and initially several small Roman Catholic cemeteries were established in the city. The last of these, St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery on Lincoln Road NE, was organized in 1870. Despite the rapid growth in the city's population during the next 70 years, no new Catholic cemeteries were organized within the Archdiocese of Washington. The Right Reverend Monsignor Edward L. Buckley of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle was aware of the need to plan ahead, however, and began advocating for the purchase of land for a new burying ground. In 1928, the Catholic Cemetery Association, a private, nonprofit organization, which purchased land for the creation of Catholic cemeteries, purchased 92 acres (37.23 hectares) of land from the Rabbitt family in Montgomery County, Maryland. The intent was to name the new cemetery "New Mount Olivet," after its District of Columbia–located Mount Olivet Cemetery, although no name was ever formally adopted.[4]

By 1955, it was clear that a new cemetery was sorely needed in the Archdiocese of Washington. The Catholic Cemetery Association transferred its title to this land to the archdiocese, and a new cemetery, named Gate of Heaven, was established. Gate of Heaven Cemetery was laid out around a 10-acre (4.05 ha) roadway which was designed in the shape of a cruciform and was lined with trees. Four roughly rectangular sections extend from each side of this cruciform-shaped roadway.[4] Life-size Stations of the Cross were placed at intervals in this central section.[5] All of the roadways were named for saints, and numerous shrines to saints were spread amongst the cemetery's 28 sections.[4][5][2][3] A 100-seat chapel was constructed at the center of the cruciform-shaped roadway.[5][2][3] The cemetery's main gate is particularly notable. It features large wrought iron gates set in masonry pylons 10 feet (3.05 metres) high and 30 feet (9.14 metres) wide. Just inside and to the right of the main gate was a small caretaker's cottage made of stone. The cemetery was dedicated on June 17, 1956, by the Most Reverend Patrick O'Boyle, Archbishop of Washington.[4]

Gate of Heaven Cemetery began receiving interments at the beginning of July 1956.[5]

Cemetery grounds

The perimeter of Gate of Heaven Cemetery is bounded by Georgia Avenue, to the southwest; Connecticut Avenue, to the northwest; Peppertree Lane, Strathmore Local Park, and Strathmore Elementary School, to the northeast; and the Aspen Manor Shopping Center, Beret Neighborhood Conservation Area, and Beret and Bustleton lanes, to the southeast.[3][6] A portion of the northeast corner of the cemetery was sold in the 1960s or 1970s to the state of Maryland, as a means of raising funds for the trust account that maintains the cemetery. Strathmore Local Park and Strathmore Elementary School were constructed on this land.[6] Gate of Heaven Cemetery only used about half of its acreage when it opened in 1956, and only in the late 1990s began expanding onto its unused land.

Gate of Heaven Cemetery is a traditional lawn cemetery. The burial area is a lawn, with trees and shrubs around the perimeter. Most gravestones are flush with the earth, with only a few above-ground memorials. The cemetery also has several mausoleums for interment, as well as several columbaria.

In addition, Gate of Heaven staff administer St. John's Cemetery, located on the grounds of St. John the Evangelist Parish's Saint John the Evangelist Historic Church, at 9700 Rosensteel Avenue, in the Forest Glen section of Silver Spring.[7][8][1]

Notable interments

References

  1. ^ a b . CCAW.org. Archived from the original on August 20, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2019. These cemeteries were operated by the Archdiocese and independent of each other. Each cemetery had its own management and operating structure, its own accounting department, and its own operating policies. While this loosely knit plan was an improvement over past practices, it too left room for improvement. In 1978, the Archdiocese developed and implemented a formal management plan to further modernize the operation of Archdiocesan cemeteries. The plan called for Archdiocesan cemeteries to be consolidated into one organization, and so, the Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Washington, Inc. was formed and incorporated. The Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Washington, Inc., presently consists of five major cemeteries and two minor cemeteries which were former parish cemeteries.
  2. ^ a b c "Introduction — Gate of Heaven Cemetery". CCAW.org. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d "Index Map — Gate of Heaven Cemetery — Montgomery County, Maryland" (PDF). CCAW.org. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d "Archbishop to Dedicate Cemetery". The Washington Post. June 16, 1956.
  5. ^ a b c d "O'Boyle Dedicates New Cemetery". The Washington Post. June 18, 1956.
  6. ^ a b Relation: Gate of Heaven Cemetery (9227289). OpenStreetMap.com. © OpenStreetMap contributors. Retrieved January 19, 2017.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. ^ "St. John's Forest Glen Cemetery". CCAW.org. Retrieved January 17, 2019. St. John's Forest Glen Cemetery (administered by Gate of Heaven staff; St. John's Cemetery Rosensteel Avenue Silver Spring, Maryland 20910)
  8. ^ "History of Place". SJEparish.org. Retrieved January 17, 2019. St. John's cemetery is administered by the Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Washington, Inc.; HISTORIC CHURCH 9700 Rosensteel Avenue Forest Glen, MD 20910.
  9. ^ a b c d United States. Congress; Dodge, Andrew R.; Koed, Betty K. (2005). Dodge, Andrew R.; Koed, Betty K. (eds.). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: 1774–2005 (PDF). House document (United States. Congress. House), 108-222. Vol. 14902 of United States congressional serial set. United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Printing. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O. ISBN 978-01-607317-61. OCLC 63049058. GPO LPS69614.
  10. ^ a b Spencer, Thomas E. (1998). Where they're buried : a directory containing more than twenty thousand names of notable persons buried in American cemeteries, with listings of many prominent people who were cremated. Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company. p. 339. ISBN 978-08-063482-30. OCLC 632317843 – via Internet Archive. Gate of Heaven Cemetery Silver Spring.
  11. ^ Jim Castiglia Past Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards - databaseFootball.com 2008-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ "Albert DeMao". The Washington Post. February 5, 2008.
  13. ^ "Broadcaster James Gibbons Dies". Frederick News-Post. February 16, 2001. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  14. ^ "Judge's Funeral Services Today". The Washington Post. March 14, 1963.
  15. ^ "Leemans, Alphonse E. (Tuffy)". The Washington Post. January 23, 1979.
  16. ^ Bredemeier, Kenneth (January 16, 1980). "Labor, Politicians Eulogize Meany". The Washington Post.
  17. ^ "Guy Prather Obituary". Legacy.com.
  18. ^ "Guy Prather". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  19. ^ "James M. Quigley". The Washington Post. December 17, 2011.
  20. ^ Franscell, Ron (September 4, 2012). The Crime Buff's Guide to Outlaw Washington, D.C. Crime Buff's Guides. Lanham, Maryland: Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 978-07-627887-05. OCLC 890531057. 1781759 – via Google Books.
  21. ^ Johnson, Darragh (June 29, 2004). "Celebrating the Courage of Mattie". The Washington Post.
  22. ^ Brian Mooar (1995-04-27). "AGENT EULOGIZED". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.

Bibliography

  • United States. Congress; Dodge, Andrew R.; Koed, Betty K. (2005). Dodge, Andrew R.; Koed, Betty K. (eds.). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: 1774–2005 (PDF). House document (United States. Congress. House), 108-222. Vol. 14902 of United States congressional serial set. United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Printing. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O. ISBN 978-01-607317-61. OCLC 63049058. GPO LPS69614.
  • Franscell, Ron (September 4, 2012). The Crime Buff's Guide to Outlaw Washington, D.C. Crime Buff's Guides. Lanham, Maryland: Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 978-07-627887-05. OCLC 890531057. 1781759 – via Google Books.
  • Spencer, Thomas E. (1998). Where they're buried : a directory containing more than twenty thousand names of notable persons buried in American cemeteries, with listings of many prominent people who were cremated. Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfield Company. p. 339. ISBN 978-08-063482-30. OCLC 632317843 – via Internet Archive. Gate of Heaven Cemetery Silver Spring.

External links

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Gate of Heaven Cemetery is a cemetery located in the Aspen Hill section of Silver Spring Maryland in the United States It is operated and maintained by the Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Washington Inc 1 At the time of the cemetery s consecration in 1956 it was the first Roman Catholic archdiocesan cemetery to open in the Washington metropolitan area in 70 years The grounds of Gate of Heaven Cemetery are centered around a series of internal roads and pathways which in combination form the shape of the Latin Cross 2 3 Gate of Heaven CemeteryDetailsEstablishedJune 17 1956 66 years ago 1956 06 17 LocationAspen Hill 13801 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring Maryland 20906CountryUnited StatesCoordinates39 04 59 N 77 04 26 W 39 0830492 N 77 0739797 W 39 0830492 77 0739797 Gate of Heaven Cemetery Coordinates 39 04 59 N 77 04 26 W 39 0830492 N 77 0739797 W 39 0830492 77 0739797 Gate of Heaven Cemetery TypeRoman CatholicStyleTraditional lawnOwned byCatholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Washington Inc Size92 acres 37 23 ha MapWebsitewww wbr ccaw wbr org wbr cemeteries wbr gateheaven wbr htmlFind a GraveGate of Heaven CemeteryThe Political GraveyardGate of Heaven CemeteryFootnotes Gate of Heaven Cemetery Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey United States Department of the Interior September 12 1979 Retrieved January 17 2019 Contents 1 About the cemetery 2 Cemetery grounds 3 Notable interments 4 References 5 Bibliography 6 External linksAbout the cemetery EditThe District of Columbia was founded in 1791 and initially several small Roman Catholic cemeteries were established in the city The last of these St Mary s Catholic Cemetery on Lincoln Road NE was organized in 1870 Despite the rapid growth in the city s population during the next 70 years no new Catholic cemeteries were organized within the Archdiocese of Washington The Right Reverend Monsignor Edward L Buckley of the Cathedral of St Matthew the Apostle was aware of the need to plan ahead however and began advocating for the purchase of land for a new burying ground In 1928 the Catholic Cemetery Association a private nonprofit organization which purchased land for the creation of Catholic cemeteries purchased 92 acres 37 23 hectares of land from the Rabbitt family in Montgomery County Maryland The intent was to name the new cemetery New Mount Olivet after its District of Columbia located Mount Olivet Cemetery although no name was ever formally adopted 4 By 1955 it was clear that a new cemetery was sorely needed in the Archdiocese of Washington The Catholic Cemetery Association transferred its title to this land to the archdiocese and a new cemetery named Gate of Heaven was established Gate of Heaven Cemetery was laid out around a 10 acre 4 05 ha roadway which was designed in the shape of a cruciform and was lined with trees Four roughly rectangular sections extend from each side of this cruciform shaped roadway 4 Life size Stations of the Cross were placed at intervals in this central section 5 All of the roadways were named for saints and numerous shrines to saints were spread amongst the cemetery s 28 sections 4 5 2 3 A 100 seat chapel was constructed at the center of the cruciform shaped roadway 5 2 3 The cemetery s main gate is particularly notable It features large wrought iron gates set in masonry pylons 10 feet 3 05 metres high and 30 feet 9 14 metres wide Just inside and to the right of the main gate was a small caretaker s cottage made of stone The cemetery was dedicated on June 17 1956 by the Most Reverend Patrick O Boyle Archbishop of Washington 4 Gate of Heaven Cemetery began receiving interments at the beginning of July 1956 5 Cemetery grounds EditThe perimeter of Gate of Heaven Cemetery is bounded by Georgia Avenue to the southwest Connecticut Avenue to the northwest Peppertree Lane Strathmore Local Park and Strathmore Elementary School to the northeast and the Aspen Manor Shopping Center Beret Neighborhood Conservation Area and Beret and Bustleton lanes to the southeast 3 6 A portion of the northeast corner of the cemetery was sold in the 1960s or 1970s to the state of Maryland as a means of raising funds for the trust account that maintains the cemetery Strathmore Local Park and Strathmore Elementary School were constructed on this land 6 Gate of Heaven Cemetery only used about half of its acreage when it opened in 1956 and only in the late 1990s began expanding onto its unused land Gate of Heaven Cemetery is a traditional lawn cemetery The burial area is a lawn with trees and shrubs around the perimeter Most gravestones are flush with the earth with only a few above ground memorials The cemetery also has several mausoleums for interment as well as several columbaria In addition Gate of Heaven staff administer St John s Cemetery located on the grounds of St John the Evangelist Parish s Saint John the Evangelist Historic Church at 9700 Rosensteel Avenue in the Forest Glen section of Silver Spring 7 8 1 Notable interments EditJohn Miller Baer 1886 1970 member of the House of Representatives from North Dakota 1917 1921 cartoonist and journalist 9 Rep John Bonifas Bennett 1904 1964 member of the House of Representatives from Michigan 1943 1945 and 1947 1964 Died while still in office on August 9 1964 in Chevy Chase Maryland 9 James B Carey 1911 1973 labor leader president of the United Electrical and Machine Workers 1936 1941 and president 1950 1965 of the International Union of Electrical Workers 10 Jim Castiglia 1918 2007 American football fullback for the Washington Redskins the Philadelphia Eagles 11 and the Baltimore Colts Al DeMao 1920 2008 college and professional football legend and one of the 70 Greatest players for the Washington Redskins 12 James Leo Jim Gibbons 1913 2001 noted Washington D C and Maryland broadcaster voice of the Washington Redskins on radio and television for 23 years and ABC Radio Network Game of the Week play by play announcer 13 Augustus Hawkins 1907 2007 prominent American Congressman wrote Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the 1978 Humphrey Hawkins Full Employment Act Joe Judge 1894 1963 Major League Baseball player for the Washington Senators 14 Alphonse Tuffy Leemans 1912 1979 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee and football player for the New York Giants 15 Judge Charles Francis McLaughlin 1887 1976 member of the House of Representatives from Nebraska 1935 1943 and senior United States district court judge for the District of Columbia from December 1964 to June 1974 9 George Meany 1894 1980 president of the American Federation of Labor 1952 1955 and the AFL CIO 1955 1979 16 Robert Novak 1931 2009 American syndicated columnist journalist television personality author and conservative political commentator John Joseph O Connor 1885 1960 member of the House of Representatives from New York 1923 1939 and practitioner of law in New York City and Washington D C 9 10 Joseph P O Hara 1895 1975 member of the House of Representatives from Minnesota Jim Oberstar 1934 2014 the longest serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Minnesota Guy Prather 1958 2016 linebacker who played five seasons with the Green Bay Packers 17 18 James M Quigley 1918 2011 member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 19 Margaret Schweinhaut 1903 1997 member of the Maryland House of Delegates 1955 1961 and Maryland Senate 1961 1963 1967 1991 Judge John J Sirica 1904 1992 judge who presided over the Watergate scandal trials Buried in the CGIV section lot 27 GPS 39 04 58 N 77 04 22 W 39 08272 N 77 07291 W 39 08272 77 07291 Judge John Sirica s grave 20 Mattie J T Stepanek 1990 2004 best selling teenage poet and author who suffered from a rare form of muscular dystrophy dysautonomic mitochondrial myopathy 21 Alan G Whicher 1954 1995 Secret Service employee victim of the Oklahoma City Bombing 22 Gerald Thomas Smith July 19 1943 October 15 1986 A professional American football tight end for the National Football League s Washington Redskins for 13 seasons from 1965 through 1977 References Edit a b History of the Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Washington CCAW org Archived from the original on August 20 2018 Retrieved January 17 2019 These cemeteries were operated by the Archdiocese and independent of each other Each cemetery had its own management and operating structure its own accounting department and its own operating policies While this loosely knit plan was an improvement over past practices it too left room for improvement In 1978 the Archdiocese developed and implemented a formal management plan to further modernize the operation of Archdiocesan cemeteries The plan called for Archdiocesan cemeteries to be consolidated into one organization and so the Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Washington Inc was formed and incorporated The Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Washington Inc presently consists of five major cemeteries and two minor cemeteries which were former parish cemeteries a b c Introduction Gate of Heaven Cemetery CCAW org Retrieved January 17 2019 a b c d Index Map Gate of Heaven Cemetery Montgomery County Maryland PDF CCAW org Retrieved January 17 2019 a b c d Archbishop to Dedicate Cemetery The Washington Post June 16 1956 a b c d O Boyle Dedicates New Cemetery The Washington Post June 18 1956 a b Relation Gate of Heaven Cemetery 9227289 OpenStreetMap com c OpenStreetMap contributors Retrieved January 19 2017 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint others link St John s Forest Glen Cemetery CCAW org Retrieved January 17 2019 St John s Forest Glen Cemetery administered by Gate of Heaven staff St John s Cemetery Rosensteel Avenue Silver Spring Maryland 20910 History of Place SJEparish org Retrieved January 17 2019 St John s cemetery is administered by the Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Washington Inc HISTORIC CHURCH 9700 Rosensteel Avenue Forest Glen MD 20910 a b c d United States Congress Dodge Andrew R Koed Betty K 2005 Dodge Andrew R Koed Betty K eds Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 2005 PDF House document United States Congress House 108 222 Vol 14902 of United States congressional serial set United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing Washington D C U S G P O ISBN 978 01 607317 61 OCLC 63049058 GPO LPS69614 a b Spencer Thomas E 1998 Where they re buried a directory containing more than twenty thousand names of notable persons buried in American cemeteries with listings of many prominent people who were cremated Baltimore Maryland Clearfield Company p 339 ISBN 978 08 063482 30 OCLC 632317843 via Internet Archive Gate of Heaven Cemetery Silver Spring Jim Castiglia Past Stats Statistics History and Awards databaseFootball com Archived 2008 02 18 at the Wayback Machine Albert DeMao The Washington Post February 5 2008 Broadcaster James Gibbons Dies Frederick News Post February 16 2001 Retrieved May 14 2014 Judge s Funeral Services Today The Washington Post March 14 1963 Leemans Alphonse E Tuffy The Washington Post January 23 1979 Bredemeier Kenneth January 16 1980 Labor Politicians Eulogize Meany The Washington Post Guy Prather Obituary Legacy com Guy Prather Pro Football Reference com James M Quigley The Washington Post December 17 2011 Franscell Ron September 4 2012 The Crime Buff s Guide to Outlaw Washington D C Crime Buff s Guides Lanham Maryland Globe Pequot Press ISBN 978 07 627887 05 OCLC 890531057 1781759 via Google Books Johnson Darragh June 29 2004 Celebrating the Courage of Mattie The Washington Post Brian Mooar 1995 04 27 AGENT EULOGIZED The Washington Post Washington D C ISSN 0190 8286 OCLC 1330888409 Bibliography EditUnited States Congress Dodge Andrew R Koed Betty K 2005 Dodge Andrew R Koed Betty K eds Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 2005 PDF House document United States Congress House 108 222 Vol 14902 of United States congressional serial set United States Congress Joint Committee on Printing Washington D C U S G P O ISBN 978 01 607317 61 OCLC 63049058 GPO LPS69614 Franscell Ron September 4 2012 The Crime Buff s Guide to Outlaw Washington D C Crime Buff s Guides Lanham Maryland Globe Pequot Press ISBN 978 07 627887 05 OCLC 890531057 1781759 via Google Books Spencer Thomas E 1998 Where they re buried a directory containing more than twenty thousand names of notable persons buried in American cemeteries with listings of many prominent people who were cremated Baltimore Maryland Clearfield Company p 339 ISBN 978 08 063482 30 OCLC 632317843 via Internet Archive Gate of Heaven Cemetery Silver Spring External links EditOfficial website Index Map Archived 2016 05 28 at the Wayback Machine Gate of Heaven Cemetery Montgomery County Maryland Geographic data related to Gate of Heaven Cemetery at OpenStreetMap Gate of Heaven Cemetery at Find a Grave Photographs of Gate of Heaven Cemetery by Find a Grave contributors 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