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The official site for this most historic cemetery, still active, in Rockville, MD.

09/07/2026

The small sampling of ads displayed here represents various businesses and service providers supporting the Town of Rockville from the late 1800s to the mid-20th century. A common connection is that their owners or proprietors are interred in Rockville Cemetery, as are many of the neighbors they employed. A closer inspection of many grave monuments will often reveal engravings of professional trades and craft association logos with which these men and women were proudly affiliated.

On this Labor Day, we honor the many individuals buried throughout these historic grounds who represent various fields of labor—the skilled workers who collectively helped make the Town of Rockville the thriving community it has become.

The Rockville Cemetery Association wishes everyone a relaxing, safe, and enjoyable Labor Day!

[We gratefully acknowledge Mike Grant for his research and his work in creating this illustration and post.]

07/04/2026

Today, our nation marks its 250th birthday — a remarkable milestone in our shared history.

Established decades before 1776, Rockville Cemetery has borne witness to the entire American story. Within these historic grounds rest veterans, public servants, immigrants, civic leaders, and countless families whose lives, in ways both great and small, have helped shape the community and nation we know today.

On this Independence Day, we invite you to take a quiet moment to reflect on the generations who came before us and on the enduring ideals that continue to unite us.

And when the time (and temperature!) is right, we hope you will enjoy a peaceful walk through the Cemetery’s historic landscape, where so much of our shared history can still be felt.

From all of us at the Rockville Cemetery Association, we wish you a safe, meaningful, and peaceful Fourth of July.

06/21/2026

Happy Father’s Day from Rockville Cemetery Association.

Today we pause to remember fathers, grandfathers, stepfathers, fathers-in-law, and all those who have offered fatherly love, guidance, protection, humor, steadiness, and care.

Some memorials at Rockville Cemetery say simply “Father.” Others say it in a more personal way.

This one made us smile.

Wishing peace today to all who are remembering a beloved father — or someone who filled that place in their life — in whatever words best describe him.

05/25/2026

As we observe Memorial Day 2026, small flags line the gravesites of veterans throughout Rockville Cemetery — a quiet reminder of service, sacrifice, and remembrance.

Throughout the Cemetery, more than 450 veterans of many generations rest among us, from conflicts long past to more recent times. While Memorial Day especially honors those who gave their lives in military service, we also pause to recognize the broader community of veterans whose service shaped our nation and whose memory remains part of our shared story.

In preparation for Memorial Day, volunteers — young and older, including two veterans — helped place flags at veterans’ gravesites throughout the Cemetery, continuing a simple but meaningful tradition of care and gratitude.

Whether you visit a loved one, place flowers, pause beside a veteran’s marker, or simply take a quiet moment of reflection, we invite you to remember all who served — and especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

We wish everyone a meaningful and reflective Memorial Day.

05/17/2026

Volunteer Opportunity: Memorial Day is observed this year on Monday, May 25. Join us at Rockville Cemetery on Thursday, May 21, as we prepare our annual honor to those who served and sacrificed in the United States Armed Forces throughout our nation’s history.

Volunteers are invited to assist with placing flags at veterans’ gravesites at Rockville Cemetery. No prior experience is needed — all veterans’ sites are marked with a white pipe, where flags will be placed.

📍 Meeting Location: Upper Cemetery at the Historic Shed (just past the white Caretaker’s Cottage) – 1350 Baltimore Road, Rockville, MD 20851
🗓️ Date: Thursday, May 21, 2026
🕤 Time: 9:30 AM

Whether you can stay for an hour or longer, your help is greatly appreciated as we prepare the Cemetery for Memorial Day and take time to remember those who served our country.

We hope you can join us.

For more information, please write to us at [email protected] or click the Contact Us link on our website – rockvillecemeterymd.org

05/10/2026

With all due respects to those celebrating Mother’s Day, this May 10th also marks the 25th Anniversary of the incorporation of the current Rockville Cemetery Association (RCA). In 2001 several concerned local citizens joined to establish and lead this non-profit organization to restore the proper function, aesthetic appeal, and respectful dignity of the city’s most historic burial ground. During these next 25 years, as Rockville Cemetery approaches its 300th Anniversary, the mission of RCA can only continue through the efforts of a new generation of volunteer citizen stewards who serve on its board of directors. Please contact RCA through our website if you would like to contribute your time and talents to help preserve this treasured burial landscape, support this perpetual care cemetery, and continue its service to our community.

04/26/2026

Born this date in 1833, Rebecca Thomas Biays Veirs is interred alongside several of her family members in the upper area of the cemetery she tirelessly supported. During a period in the late 1800s and into the 20th century, when woman had yet to achieve the right to vote, Ms. Veirs used her keen business sense and social prominence in the Rockville community to organize and help lead the original Rockville Cemetery Association of Montgomery County, MD; restoring the function, dignity, and respectful appearance of the town’s most historic public burial ground.

Read more about this and other notable burials in Rockville Cemetery on our website at: https://www.rockvillecemeterymd.org/notable-burials/ #1698692005698-8eb39664-7ab7

Address

1350 Baltimore Road
Rockville, MD
20851

Telephone

+13013090191

Website

http://www.rockvillecemeterymd.org/

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