Rockville Cemetery

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

As we observe Memorial Day 2026, small flags line the gravesites of veterans throughout Rockville Cemetery — a quiet rem...
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.

Volunteer Opportunity: Memorial Day is observed this year on Monday, May 25. Join us at Rockville Cemetery on Thursday, ...
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

With all due respects to those celebrating Mother’s Day, this May 10th also marks the 25th Anniversary of the incorporat...
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.

Born this date in 1833, Rebecca Thomas Biays Veirs is interred alongside several of her family members in the upper area...
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

The Montgomery County Genealogical Society (MoCoGenSoc) is hosting a presentation on its new partnership with Rockville ...
03/25/2026

The Montgomery County Genealogical Society (MoCoGenSoc) is hosting a presentation on its new partnership with Rockville Cemetery on Wednesday, March 25.

Join Hannelore Quigley, President of Rockville Cemetery Association, for an introduction to this collaboration and an update on the first biographies being produced through the project. This program will be offered both in person and via Zoom; details are below.

A sixth-generation Rockville resident, Hannelore also serves on the Board of Directors of MoCoGenSoc. She volunteers extensively with nonprofit historical organizations in Montgomery County and has long worked to help connect people with Rockville’s history.

This partnership focuses on researching and documenting the lives of people interred at Rockville Cemetery — from familiar names to community members whose stories also deserve to be remembered. The program will include early progress on the project and information on how others can become involved.

Wednesday, March 25
7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Washington DC FamilySearch Center
10000 Stoneybrook Drive, Kensington, MD 20895
and via Zoom

Rockville Cemetery has been in continuous operation since 1742, and we are grateful for this opportunity to help preserve and share the stories of those interred here.

Please register [ https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/_k--0t8qToeVDF8Idua4Zw ] through Montgomery County Genealogical Society for the Zoom link or to attend in person.

03/25/2026

Vashti Rebecca Bartlett nursed soldiers near the front lines in World War I, and later nursed the sick in China, Siberia, and Haiti.

Second in a series of biographical sketches of people buried in Rockville Cemetery, developed as part of a joint project between Rockville Cemetery and the Montgomery County, Maryland Genealogical Society.

https://open.substack.com/pub/mocogensoc/p/vashti-rebecca-bartlett-1873-1969

03/25/2026

First in a series of biographical sketches of Montgomery County, Maryland residents who are buried in Rockville Cemetery. These are part of a joint project between Montgomery County Genealogical Society and Rockville Cemetery.

https://substack.com/inbox/post/191431390

At Rockville Cemetery, the recent snow still rests lightly while wild crocuses rise through it. In this quiet threshold ...
03/03/2026

At Rockville Cemetery, the recent snow still rests lightly while wild crocuses rise through it. In this quiet threshold between seasons, winter lingers, spring stirs.

Against the softened shapes of the cemetery beyond, the crocuses offer a small but unmistakable perennial promise: that the season is turning, gently and in its own time.

Rockville Cemetery’s location was originally selected circa 1739 for the site of a humble Chapel of Ease serving Prince ...
12/24/2025

Rockville Cemetery’s location was originally selected circa 1739 for the site of a humble Chapel of Ease serving Prince George’s [Episcopal] Parish. By the end of the 1800s, this expanding cemetery would be shared among several different Christian churches active in the community. So it is likely safe to assume that, for almost three centuries, no occasion has been recognized throughout its grounds more than Christmas. In the spirit of this much-revered observance, Rockville Cemetery Association wishes everyone the peace, comfort, remembrances, and reunions desired during this season, with best wishes to all families for a healthy and prosperous New Year. (History and Photo by Mike Grant. Photo: Garrett family lot in Section D1 of the Upper Cemetery.)

As Hanukkah begins, we acknowledge this historic Festival of Lights, which commemorates endurance, identity, and the pre...
12/14/2025

As Hanukkah begins, we acknowledge this historic Festival of Lights, which commemorates endurance, identity, and the preservation of tradition across generations. Rockville Cemetery Association extends best wishes for a Happy Hanukkah to all who are observing.

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1350 Baltimore Road
Rockville, MD
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