Mount Olivet Cemetery

A wise history lesson

Full of the ordinary and extraordinary residents of Frederick county, the auto map of the cemetery will take one through periods of Maryland’s history. First governor thomas Johnson, fashion designer...

Worth a Visit

Privately owned, this large cemetery barely inside Frederick, Maryland, includes the graves of Francis Scott Key, the author of the "Star Spangled Banner;" Maryland's first governor, Thomas Johnson; a...

Wasn’t a good day

Lovely cemetery. Yet, the kiosk is still not working and it seems to have become a dog park. On the day I was there, dogs were running free. There are no signs for owners to keep dogs on leashes, so ...

Beautiful cemetery worth the stop.

Resting place of many civil war veterans, as well as Barbara Fritchie who was immortalized by John Greenleaf Whittier’s 1863 poem about her 1862 standing up to the Confederates in support of the US fl...

Kiosk is Questionable

March 2022 Grounds are always well maintained but there is still issues with the kiosk. In a recent visit, the screen display “Ronald515@xxx.com ( I’ve deleted the server name although anyone can t...